P3D archive searches

[Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot to say that with the new version of the search engine,
there are "near" and "far" searches. "Near" searches locate keywords
which are close together, whereas "far" searches will match the keywords
any distance apart (within the same digest).

So, if you are looking for information on Nimslo batteries, you could first
try 

nimslo;battery

or

nimslo;batteries

with a near search - if that doesn't work, you could try the same with
the far search. Note that far searches are CONSIDERABLY slower than
near searches. Also, the proximity criteria isn't 100% on near searches -
the two words may be JUST far enough apart not to qualify, etc. But in
general it works well.

The search engine can also do regular expression searches, but that's
pretty obscure so I don't have it turned on at the moment for photo-3d
(although it IS on for the gps waypoint server).

THANKS

               Bob Wier
         mailto:wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  03:25 PM  Friday, January 16, 1998
     Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT.
 keeper of the Photo-3d and Overland-Trails
mailing lists and the USA GPS Waypoint server 



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