According to M. Schulz:
> is it possible with ht://dig to work other operators, maybe with
> "NOT"?
> 
> Is the following search possible?
> 
>       "diamond && !pearl" (diamond and not pearl)

Yes and no.  The query parser in htsearch treats the "not" operator as
a binary operator, not a unary one, so "not" implies "and not".  So,
the query above should be entered as:

        diamond not pearl

and htsearch should be run using the "boolean" method so it will allow
this usage.

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)

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