Search functions
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Search functions
First of all it would be very nice if it was possible to have more search options
for example: DIrectorys with DVDRIP and have the option to exclude -SVCD when the search resultat is shown.
2:
When i download a users list it will compare with my own shared file list and only show uniq files/dirs alt. compare with a .txt list.
//Ipaj
for example: DIrectorys with DVDRIP and have the option to exclude -SVCD when the search resultat is shown.
2:
When i download a users list it will compare with my own shared file list and only show uniq files/dirs alt. compare with a .txt list.
//Ipaj
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Re: Search functions
If you read the feature tracker (linked within DC++ and the sticky), you can see something that could perform essentially the same thing: here. In general any feature that encourages someone to download every file a remote user has isn't very beneficial, in my opinion.ipaj wrote:When i download a users list it will compare with my own shared file list and only show uniq files/dirs alt. compare with a .txt list.
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It might only work if they have the same exact copy you have - with neither of you retagging. And this can be accomplished with other features, such as the suggested one to highlight/hide files that you already have in filelists and searches.Cyborg wrote:The second feature could be useful for comparing game dirs or music dirs...to see what files/songs is missing.
Yeah, the first feature is something I've wanted for some time. I've always wished there was a possibility to enhance the search option besides a basic string search. Exclude some strings, look for whole phrases etc - just like in most of web search engines:
U2 -spy -airplane "Still haven't found what I'm looking for"
...and so on. I believe it would be useful and not so hard to implement (at least in terms of pure programming but I don't know how about the protocol stuff). Hope this wasn't already requested.
U2 -spy -airplane "Still haven't found what I'm looking for"
...and so on. I believe it would be useful and not so hard to implement (at least in terms of pure programming but I don't know how about the protocol stuff). Hope this wasn't already requested.
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It's not necessarily hard to implement, but it is hell for interoperability.Gasp wrote:...and so on. I believe it would be useful and not so hard to implement (at least in terms of pure programming but I don't know how about the protocol stuff). Hope this wasn't already requested.
It has been requested before: [ 660802 ] Exact searching and AND/NOT
Sorry, I apparently didn't look hard enough.
But as someone there noticed NOTing the results - unlikely other operators - can be done solely at the side of the client that sends the search request.
ADC protocol draft already supports it, although obviously both NOTing and ANDing are done by the receiver.
But as someone there noticed NOTing the results - unlikely other operators - can be done solely at the side of the client that sends the search request.
ADC protocol draft already supports it, although obviously both NOTing and ANDing are done by the receiver.
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Sure, but you can't change the order of the 10 results that you get back (or 5 in passive searching) - so you could end up with false negatives due to doing the filtering on the client end. That's a pretty big gotcha.Gasp wrote:But as someone there noticed NOTing the results - unlikely other operators - can be done solely at the side of the client that sends the search request.