[jsword-devel] Searching in German

[Benny Wasty]

>>> It would find "*schiff".
>>> Wouldn't this be enough?
>>>
>>>       
>> If a German speaker searches for "schiff" would they expect to find in
>> words like donaudampfschiff?
>>     
>
> They probably would expect to find it.
> But sometimes you find search options like "exact search phrase". Then  
> it should find "schiff".
> Else I would expect that the search engine adds wildcards in front and  
> behind so that any words are found containing this token.
>
>   
>> Prefix wildcard search may be sufficient, but I don't know if it is
>> friendly.
>>     
>
> True. But when adding a leading wildcard for the user it will give the  
> same result.
> What about all the other languages?
> Does this work in english actually?
>
>   
I would agree to that. Automatically adding a leading and a trailing to 
a search would solve the problem language independent and user friendly.

Benny
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