> Does it even make sense to use omitTermFreqAndPositions for > a TextField, or am I perhaps doing something I shouldn't > be?
Yes it makes sense to disable tf, positions and norms if you don't need them. For example, I have this category_name field where its definition includes: omitNorms="true" omitTermFreqAndPositions="true" I don't need PhraseQuery, lenght normalization, index time boost, etc. I only display three (rows=3) category names for a given query.