[ANN][EN][FR] New Sophisticated Plugin from So Smart

[Eric Chatonet]

Dear Wilhelm,

Please, read the plugin docs before posting such a mail which hurts  
me and don't tell the truth.
You search for "abbreviated" in the quick search mode i.e. through  
the headers only: there are indeed 3 headers in the dictionary which  
contain "abbreviated". This "intelligent" search takes about 120  
milliseconds.
If you uncheck the Quick Search box to search deeper, you will not  
find 17 entries but 21 (145 "contextual" found lines when you find  
only 43).
Why this difference?
Your stack does not search the actual dictionary but through custom  
properties you have implemented (BTW a good idea for speed).
Resources Picker searches always the "real" dictionary.
As youts, the plugin provides full links to the involved entries. Did  
not you see that too?

Do you allow me to add that Resources Picker is a "research centre",  
providing many other search types than through the Docs: mailing  
lists, Rev On line, RevNet, customisable Web database (for instance,  
did you try to search for  "Searchdocs" in the Web database? :-), all  
the web, etc.

Regards,

Eric Chatonet.

Le 15 juil. 05 à 18:23, Wilhelm Sanke a écrit :

> Hi Eric.
>
> I appreciate your open-mindedness and your valuable contributions  
> to the Rev community.
>
> Hope I am not too "rude" when I direct your attention to my  
> "SearchDocs" stack.
>
> This documentation search stack indeed allows simultaneous searches  
> (as an option) of Dictionary, Faqs, and Topics - the Cookbook is  
> not included.
> Search time through the about 2000 XML-files takes an average of  
> 200 milliseconds, so there is no need "to get some coffee" while  
> having to wait.
> This search time includes displaying all found lines with the  
> searchstrings colored (as in your plugin) and providing full links  
> to the involved XML files at the same time (so you can  
> instantaneously view the found lines in full context).
>
> I did a test search with your and my tool seaching the Dictionary  
> for the term "abbreviated". The results differ, because you might  
> apply a different search algorithm?
>
> Result for the "Resource Picker":
>
> "3 related entries found" (containing 32 lines according to my count)
>
> Result for "Searchdocs XML 2.6":
>
> "43 found lines in 17 XML-files"


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