[Xapian-discuss] Search::Xapian::QueryParser, and configurable NEAR distance?

[Eric Parusel]

Olly Betts wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 05:52:17PM -0800, Eric Parusel wrote:
> 
>>Is it possible to tell the QueryParser when I say "word1 NEAR word3"
>>that I'd like to specify a distance rather than the use the default of
>>10/11, etc?
> 
> 
> Not at present, but it's a fairly simple addition.  I'll try to
> implement it before the next release.
> 
> In the short term, you can easily patch the sources locally.  See
> queryparser/queryparser_internal.cc line 551, and change the "+ 9"
> to whatever you like (it's "number of terms in the NEAR phrase" + 9
> so with two terms they must be within an 11 word span i.e. 10 words
> apart).
> 
> Cheers,
>     Olly

Ahhh... THAT's where it is.  :)

Thanks,
Eric