On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 04:24:29PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: > The search engine for packages is faulty. > > I have long suspected that but today I was able to confirm it. For example > > a search on "diction words" using "Descriptions" option > > finds nothing. But a search on "words" finds many "dictionary words" > > This is not intiutive > diction != dictionary so I see the behavior given as being completely intuitive. As mentioned on the page, you can search on a subword by adding an asterisk, '*', to the end of a word. Thus, you want to use "diction* words".
I am currently talking with others about adding a checkbox to turn subword matching on or off. I suspect this will make the issue clearer for more users. -- James (Jay) Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
