From kde-core-devel Fri Jul 19 22:20:23 2002 From: aleXXX Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:20:23 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: [Controversial Patch for Bug 18180] kfind sloppy match for simple search strings X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=102718656925703 On Friday 19 July 2002 18:27, Kurt Granroth wrote: > On Thursday 18 July 2002 10:28 pm, Klas Kalass wrote: > > Example: > > kfind -> kfind.cpp is FOUND Maybe I wanted to search only for files named exactly "kfind" ? This would no longer be possible with this kind of matching. > > k?ind -> kfind.cpp is NOT FOUND > > k?ind* -> kfind.cpp is FOUND > > .c -> kfind.cpp is FOUND > > *.c -> kfind.cpp is NOT FOUND > > > > May I apply? > > This is an intriquing idea.. but it's not at all obvious behavior. I > wonder if it would be better if the results were somehow split into two > sets.. absolute matches and "kinda" matches. IMHO it ain't to much to expect that users know the meaning of "*" and "?". And I don't think this "fuzzy" search is yet another checkbox in kfind worth. Bye Alex