astrophe in search

[edev]

Hi,

is there a way to include astrophe ('), &, #, and period (.) in search?

I tried enabling "post processing" but it did not work.

I read some older posts that mentioned "addexp" in gw, does that still exist in the new version of dowalk?

Thank you in advance for any help you could provide.

[Kai]

The equivalent of addexp in version 4+ is the Word Definition setting in All Walk Settings. Each line is a REX expression defining a word, the equivalent of an addexp SQL call.

The standard version 4+ definitions include period, ampersand and apostrophe (see the second definition). You could add the pound sign where appropriate, eg.:

\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}>>[.&'#]=[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}

[mark]

"addexp" is the underlying texis option for setting index word expressions. In gw -k was used to set it. In newer webinators the "word definition" setting controls it. You'll see that the default expressions include one for having . or & or ' embedded in the middle of terms.

There's nothing special about & and . except at the very end of the query where . will always be stripped as a sentence ender.

# is only special at the beginning of a term. To escape it's special meaning there preceed it with backslash (\#).

[edev]

Where should this definition "\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}>>[.&'#]=[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}" be added? is it a part of word and langc? should it be included in the search or dowalk script?

[edev]

Sorry I just saw the word definition settings in "all walk settings" in the dowalk admin screen. Thanks!