[Xapian-discuss] Multiple spelling suggestions

Jean-Francois Dockes jf at dockes.org
Tue May 10 07:12:19 BST 2011


Olly Betts writes:
 > On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 08:08:49AM +0200, Jean-Francois Dockes wrote:
 > > When just trying to quick-fix the query, or running an alternate query like
 > > Google does, using the "best" candidate is fine. But having another mode to
 > > let the user choose among a list of possibles is nice too.
 > > 
 > > Any chance that Xapian would support this ?
 > 
 > Yes - this is one of the things which Nikita is planning to address in
 > GSoC:
 > 
 > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2011/nsmetanin/16001

Great ! And I certainly had seen this already. It's good to be reminded
from time to time why I need a search tool. I wished I had a way to also
remember to use it...

 > Phonetic similarity was another one.

I can almost feel utf-8 extending its creepers wider around xapian-core :)

jf



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