[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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