[sword-devel] Sword Searching

Jorge Chacon sword-devel@crosswire.org
24 Apr 2002 15:48:21 -0600


Well,

With all the prospective users I know, not even a 2-hour class on
regular expressions would do the trick.

Seriously, is our target computer-savvy users or Christians that happen
to use a computer?  I do not claim to know the answer, but the answer to
this question should dictate the solution.

Jorge


On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 15:19, Chris Little wrote:
> We could use this as a good excuse to start teaching the commoners about 
> regular expressions.  Anyone feel like finding/writing a regex tutorial 
> for the FAQ?
> 
> --Chris
> 
> On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 03:03 AM, Chris Bitmead wrote:
> 
> > Call me a "fool" but I think this is too geeky for your typical bible 
> > reader. And the ability to search
> > for a word is, well, pretty fundamental don't you think?
> >
> > Jacob Daniel wrote:
> >
> >> I believe that \bfool\b with Regular Expression search should work.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:19:07PM +0200, Martin Gruner wrote:
> >>
> >>>> I wish you could do plain word searches in Sword. I.e. I wish
> >>>> I could search for "fool" without getting all references to "foolish"
> >>>> for example.
> >>>>
> >>> You can. Search for " fool ", using exact search.
> >>>
> >>> Martin
> >>>
> >
> 
>