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[Nonsanity]

Just widening the search parameters in the Dictionary to search all the
content instead of just names (extra credt: move name matches to the top) is
all that's needed. This shouldn't be hard to implement...

 ~ Chris Innanen
 ~ Nonsanity


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Pete <pete at mollysrevenge.com> wrote:

> I'd be interested in trying this out against the dictionary but I'm having
> a
> hard time finding the Google code to do it.  I did a search for Google
> Desktop Search and the hits all led me to the Google Quick Search Box.  I
> tried that but all that appears to do is search for file names, not the
> content of the files.
>
> I'm wondering if the functionality you're referring to is not available for
> a Mac?  If it is, do you have any links to the software/documentation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Randall Reetz <randall at randallreetz.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Yes, google has the code.  Has published the code.  Gives out the code.
> >  Wants people to use the code.  Makes it easy to use the code.  Ect. Etc.
> > Etc.  And the code doesn't build content.  It uses pre-existing content.
>  It
> > just builds an internal index much the same way that it builds an index
> of
> > the entire web.  Once the index is built, searches, in the google style,
> > with results as you have described, are easily handled by their free and
> > well documented and automated code.  And of course such functionality
> would
> > be very useful regardless of a user's level of expertise.
> >
> > Randall Lee Reetz
> >
> > On May 5, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Pete wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Craig,
> > >
> > > I guess I don't really consider myself a particularly experienced user
> -
> > I'd
> > > put myself around about a 4 on an experience scale of 1 - 10.   I know
> > quite
> > > a lot about particular segments of LC's capabilities and practically
> zero
> > > about others.  So when I need to start figuring how to do something in
> > those
> > > zero-knowledge segments, I need all the help I can get!  That's partly
> > what
> > > this suggestion is about.
> > >
> > > As far as a keyword search on the dictionary, I think perhaps I didn't
> > > explain things very well.  Think of it as a Google search.   I'd key in
> > > "date" and I'd get a series of links that would show the dictionary
> > keyword
> > > and it's summary followed by a couple of lines of text from the entry
> > that
> > > include the word date. That would get me "date", "DateItems",
> dateFormat,
> > > dateTime, is a, centuryCutOff and most likely a bunch of other entries
> I
> > > don't even know exist (or at least haven't made the connection with). I
> > > click on a link that interests me ( "is a" in this case) and I see the
> > whole
> > > dictionary entry for that link.
> > >
> > > I do agree that what I'm suggesting is beyond the scope of the current
> > > dictionary application, but the information needed to provide that type
> > of
> > > functionality is all in the dictionary files. Now I come to think of
> it,
> > I
> > > wonder if Google has a way to index a specific file?
> > >
> > >
> > > Pete
> > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com/>
> > > - Hide quoted text -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:50 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Pete.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I see what you are saying, and I know you are an experienced user. But
> > what
> > >> you are asking may be beyond the scope of any dictionary. Searching
> for
> > >> "date" gives, well, "date", and also "dateItems", "dateTime",
> > "dateFormat"
> > >> and others. It does not seem appropriate that methods of date
> validation
> > be
> > >> included there, rather only a precise definition and syntax.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> It is a bonus that examples are included, as well as user notes. And I
> > >> always tout the "see also" stuff. All that seems like lagniappe.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Anyone remember "Tricks of the Hypercard Masters"? After an LC Danny
> > >> Goodman, that is what you are really yearning for.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Craig
> > >
> > >
> > > Pete
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