** Summary **

details about searching this wiki

** Description **

   http://wiki.tcl.tk/_/search:   the search page for this wiki.  It corresponds to the ''search in titles'' box in the left column, and is based on [sqlite]'s [http://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html%|%full text search]. The search string is passed as `MATCH` argument, including the `*` characters. Check [http://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html%|%www.sqlite.org/fts3.html] for more information about [sqlite] and full text search.

   [Search]:   A page with additional details about the search facilities
   [http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awiki.tcl.tk%|%Google search of this site]:   just add your search terms after the google search term '''site:wiki.tcl.tk'''
   URL word search:   One way to search for for a word in page titles is by adding the word to the end of [http://wiki.tcl.tk/%|%this URL].  For example, http://wiki.tcl.tk/calling shows a list of pages containing the word, "calling" in the title.  However, if there is an exact title match, then that page is returned rather than a list of search results.  For example, http://wiki.tcl.tk/time returns the [Time] page directly.
   URL Wildcard search:   can also be perf rme by typing a certain URL.   For example, http://wiki.tcl.tk/*time returns the results of a title search followed by the results of a full-text search of page content.


The `*` used in previous versions of the search to distinguish between
searching in titles or page content is no longer supported.  Searches are now
always done on titles and page content.  The results are listed sorted on the
last-edited-data, most recent first.  Results are presented in two groups, tile
results are shown in the first group, followed by the results of full-page
content search in the second group.

The [sqlite] in use at the wiki has been compiled with
`-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS` so the ''Enhanced Query Syntax'' is
available. This makes is possible to do the searches with an implicit `AND` as
before but also allows you to refine your search using the `AND`, `OR` and
`NOT` keywords.

[jnc]: Using the FTS3 Parenthesis option, you can now search for things such as
"https NOT soap" or "https AND (soap OR json)"

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