On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Would it be enough to place a disclaimer on the page with the search > > results, saying something like: > > > > Note that pages in the groups PmWiki/ and Site/ below are about > > using this wiki wiki, and not particularly about LyX. > > :-( (my opinion)
Hmm.. guess you didn't like the text. Would you mind taking a look here and give me your opinion on that: http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/Search?action=search&q=table+list%3Ddefault > > I'll check on how to exclude pages in PmWiki/ from a search... one > > solution could be that the default search form doesn't search > > PmWiki/, Site/ > > It's especially a problem because the results "advanced tables, markup, > images, etc." all sound like they are related to document preparation in > LyX. And when one is in a small panic, still a newbie LyX-user, etc., > it's frustrating. I found I was better off using Google to search for > terms like "latex LyX myProblem" than using the Wiki search feature. Truthfully, google might be better for searching the wiki than the builtin functionality. Having said that, I've just excluded some of the groups from the search results by default. Please let me know what you think about it know. > But, that's one opinion only, just wanted to mention it. It's a very valid opinion, so let's see if we can fix this. > > > A link somewhere on the page "how to edit this page" etc., should > > > more than suffice, shouldn't it? (or a separate search field > > > somewhere else for meta-searches) > > > > How do you mean? A link on how to search the entire wiki? > > Well, isn't one only really interested in Wiki-howto information when > one is actually editing/creating (or about to) a Wiki page? So, off the > top of my head, that is where I would find it useful to have a "Search > Wiki Help" field. Hmm... so you're suggesting that the search field for looking for wiki documentation should primarily be available from the page where you're editing a wiki page? Is that it? /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
