Version 5 of Wikit web Search prompt

Updated 2003-09-06 09:25:27

This page describes a modification to Wikit to provide more descriptive instructions in the web search page.

In particular, it seems that the text entered is a search phrase, rather than a list of keywords. The user is also prompted that entering an asterisk at the end of the phrase modifies the search to search both the page title and page content.

The patch is against Wikit version: 2003/08/20 19:06:22 68261-69214 with my Wikit web Cancel button patch applied.

Patch (web.tcl)


 422c429
 <             isindex
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 >             isindex "prompt=Enter the search phrase.  Append an asterisk (*) to search page contents as well: "

One annoying this about this change - The lynx text browser (and perhaps others) make use of the isindex argument to prompt the user for information.

With this change, the prompt is too wide for the window.

AKG (6-Sep-03) Would it help if the prompt was split over two or three lines? (I'm not familair with lynx).


Category Wikit