Is there a search in post feature?

antis · 2010-07-13 22:32:56

I've looked (and searched) high and low for a search in post feature and I'm just wondering if such a thing is installed on the forum?

Most threads here are kept examplary short and to the point, but every now and then you come across threads that are very long and therefore hard to find in.

I think a feature like this would be a good thing to have... and if I just happend to have missed it, please point me in the right direction so that I can learn how to use it

karol · 2010-07-13 22:43:15

http://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php

I also use this function

bbs () 
{ 
    ${BROWSER} "http://www.google.pl/search?q=site%3Abbs.archlinux.org $*"
}

Last edited by karol (2010-07-13 22:44:44)

hokasch · 2010-07-13 22:47:44

It may not be optimal, but something like this works reasonably well:
http://tinyurl.com/2duf3fk

karol · 2010-07-13 22:49:56

@ hokasch
That's what the function I posted does :-)

hokasch · 2010-07-13 22:53:30

Ah right, I was late as always. Habit of browsing "new posts" and opening them in the background

How do you use this function? No idea where to put that, really...

ozar · 2010-07-13 22:54:25

I believe the FluxBB developers purposely chose to leave lots of features out of their product to keep it lightweight and fast. That said, the "find" feature in most web browsers works pretty well for me when it comes to searching individual threads or posts.

karol · 2010-07-13 22:57:04

> How do you use this function? No idea where to put that, really...
In your bashrc f.e.
You have to set up BROWSER

export BROWSER="/usr/bin/firefox"

(also in the bashrc)

and then you type in your terminal

[karol@black ~]$ bbs "July 2010 Screenshots" awesome

hokasch · 2010-07-13 23:00:12

hmm, I should have guessed this... thanks!

antis · 2010-07-13 23:00:47

ozar wrote:

I believe the FluxBB developers purposely chose to leave lots of features out of their product to keep it lightweight and fast. That said, the "find" feature in most web browsers works pretty well for me when it comes to searching individual threads or posts.

Ok, that's good to know. I also use the find feature of the browser but it can get tiresome to do it on 20+ pages sometimes.
I guess I'll try to make that google usage that was mentioned a habit as well.

Thanks!

Roline · 2010-07-13 23:04:53

You could "show as topics" change to "show as posts".

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