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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/searching.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/searching.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0eeb5a6b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/searching.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]] + +[[!if test="enabled(search)" +then="This wiki has searching **enabled**." +else="This wiki has searching **disabled**."]] + +If searching is enabled, you can enter search terms in the search field, +like you'd expect. There are a few special things you can do to constuct +more powerful searches. + +* To match a phrase, enclose it in double quotes. +* `AND` can be used to search for documents containing two expressions. +* `OR` can be used to search for documents containing either one of + two expressions. +* Parentheses can be used to build up complicated search expressions. For + example, "(foo AND bar) OR (me AND you)" +* Prefix a search term with "-" to avoid it from appearing in the results. + For example, "-discussion" will omit "discussion". +* To search for a page with a given title, use "title:foo". +* To search for pages that contain a "bar" link, use "link:bar". diff --git a/doc/todo/search_terms.mdwn b/doc/todo/search_terms.mdwn index 4e3f3aa6b..0e5edb520 100644 --- a/doc/todo/search_terms.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/search_terms.mdwn @@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ searches. For example, "title:foo", or "link:somepage", or "author:foo", or "copyright:GPL". Reference: <http://xapian.org/docs/omega/termprefixes.html> + +[[done]] for title and link, which seem like the really useful ones. |