[scilab-Users] Browser help problem

[Francis Drossaert]

They used a different implementation. In scilab 4 the search algorithm only search in the commands and not in the text. The search algorithm now searches the text and ranks the best searches according the most hits per text.
 
One could argue about what is best method. If you know the exact name of command off course the old search algorithm is best, but if you don't know the exact command name than the text search is probably a better method. A combined method would be better; ranking the searched command first and then the text rankings.
 
I think they changed it again in Scilab 5.0.3
 
Francis
 
 
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From: Alfredo Jaramillo [mailto:geodesicos at gmail.com] 
Sent: 07 November 2008 10:14
To: users at lists.scilab.org
Cc: Miguel
Subject: [scilab-Users] Browser help problem


Hi!, I used Scilab 4.2.1 and the browser help work pretty good but on 5.0.X versions the search retturns weirds results, for instance, just writing "for" on the search section it returns nothing!, and writing "while" returns the screenshot I attach.. This problem is on Windows and Linux. What's the reason for this? Is there enything I can do to fix this "problem"

Thanks in advance

Alfredo Jaramillo Palma
Estudiante Ingeniería Matemática
Universidad De La Frontera
Temuco, IX Región, Chile

http://antipoemasypoemas.blogspot.com


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