From: "Gopher-Project" <gopher-project-bounces+rachael=telefisk.org@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Date: Mon Dec 29 02:56:17 2014
Subject: Re: [gopher] Possible to perform item type searches in Veronica-2?
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Not sure if this is of any interest or not, but I worked on a full text
gopher search engine a few years back that I never really finished
completing: https://github.com/rsayers/gophersearch
IIRC, the main issue was the crawler sometimes fouling up and not
behaving correctly, but what it did crawl, you could search as expected.
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On Sun, Dec 28, 2014, at 05:48 PM, Wesley Teal wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 7:46 PM, James Mills
> <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Wesley Teal
>> <wesleyteal@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> When doing searches, I've actually found Veronica-2/VISHNU have been
>>> pretty good. That said, item type filtering would be awesome. I've
>>> also been thinking about a full-text search engine for a years,
>>> mostly because I've been wanting to give myself the headache (I
>>> mean: find the time) to implement one. Maybe someday ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Wanna team up with me to build one?
>
> Sure, I'd be open to that. Drop me a line off list at
> wesleyteal@gmail.com if you want.
>
> A caveat: I'm not a particularly proficient programmer (another reason
> I haven't given a gopher search engine a go). I have a humanities
> background with only a few CS-type courses.
>
>
> Wesley
>>
>> The thing about Veronica-2 -- searching basd on titles is that titles
>> have to be have useful titiles :)
>>
>> Often that may (or may not) be the case :)
>>
>> And in either case you tend to end up searching for resources (by
>> title) rather then by resources (by content).
>>
>> I think :)
>>
>> I think full-text searching would complement Veronica-2 nicely IHMO
>> (but Cameron doesn't want to go that way... which is okay)
>>
>> I was thinking of utilizing whoosh[1] and related tool(s).
>>
>> cheers James
>>
>> [1]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/whoosh
>>
>>
>> James Mills / prologic
>>
>> E:prologic@shortcircuit.net.au
>> W:prologic.shortcircuit.net.au
>>
>>
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<body><div>Not sure if this is of any interest or not, but I worked on a full text gopher search engine a few years back that I never really finished completing: <a href="https://github.com/rsayers/gophersearch">https://github.com/rsayers/gophersearch</a><br></div>
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<div>IIRC, the main issue was the crawler sometimes fouling up and not behaving correctly, but what it did crawl, you could search as expected.<br></div>
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<div class="signature">Rob Sayers - N5RAS<br></div>
<div class="signature">http://www.robsayers.com<br></div>
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<div>On Sun, Dec 28, 2014, at 05:48 PM, Wesley Teal wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div> </div>
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<div defang_data-gmailquote="yes"><div>On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 7:46 PM, James Mills <span dir="ltr"><<a defang_rel="noreferrer" href="mailto:prologic@shortcircuit.net.au" target="_blank">prologic@shortcircuit.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote defang_data-gmailquote="yes" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div> </div>
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<div defang_data-gmailquote="yes"><div><span>On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Wesley Teal <span dir="ltr"><<a defang_rel="noreferrer" href="mailto:wesleyteal@gmail.com" target="_blank">wesleyteal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</span><br></div>
<blockquote defang_data-gmailquote="yes" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><span>When doing searches, I've actually found Veronica-2/VISHNU have been pretty good. </span><br></div>
<div><span>That said, item type filtering would be awesome. I've also been thinking about a full-text</span><br></div>
<div><span>search engine for a years, mostly because I've been wanting to give myself the headache</span><br></div>
<div><span>(I mean: find the time) to implement one. Maybe someday ...</span><br></div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
</blockquote></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span></span>Wanna team up with me to build one?<br></div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote><div> </div>
<div>Sure, I'd be open to that. Drop me a line off list at <a defang_rel="noreferrer" href="mailto:wesleyteal@gmail.com">wesleyteal@gmail.com</a> if you want.<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>A caveat: I'm not a particularly proficient programmer (another reason I haven't given a <br></div>
<div>gopher search engine a go). I have a humanities background with only a few CS-type <br></div>
<div>courses.<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Wesley<br></div>
<blockquote defang_data-gmailquote="yes" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div> </div>
<div>The thing about Veronica-2 -- searching basd on titles<br></div>
<div>is that titles have to be have useful titiles :)<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>Often that may (or may not) be the case :)<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>And in either case you tend to end up searching for<br></div>
<div>resources (by title) rather then by resources (by content).<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>I think :)<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>I think full-text searching would complement Veronica-2 nicely IHMO<br></div>
<div>(but Cameron doesn't want to go that way... which is okay)<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>I was thinking of utilizing whoosh[1] and related tool(s).<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>cheers<br></div>
<div><div>James<br></div>
<div> </div>
<div>[1]: <a defang_rel="noreferrer" href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/whoosh" target="_blank">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/whoosh</a><span></span><br></div>
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<div><span><span style="color:rgb(136, 136, 136)" class="colour"><span style="font-size:13px" class="size"><span style="font-family:arial," sans-serif"" class="font">James Mills / prologic</span></span></span></span><br></div>
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<div><span><span style="color:rgb(136, 136, 136)" class="colour"><span style="font-size:13px" class="size"><span style="font-family:arial," sans-serif"" class="font"></span><span style="">E: <a defang_rel="noreferrer" href="mailto:prologic@shortcircuit.net.au" style="color:rgb(0,0,204)" target="_blank">prologic@shortcircuit.net.au</a></span></span></span></span><br></div>
<div><span><span style="color:rgb(136, 136, 136)" class="colour"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace" class="font"><span style="font-size:13px" class="size">W: </span></span></span><a defang_rel="noreferrer" href="http://prologic.shortcircuit.net.au" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,204)" target="_blank">prologic.shortcircuit.net.au</a></span><br></div>
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