John,
The problem with commas and Meta tags is fixed, and following is a patch
for the index.c file. Alternatively, you could download again the files
from the ftp site since I have updatated the directory with the corrected
files.
Giulia
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sunsite% diff -c oldIndex.c newIndex.c ../../swish/bin/src/index.c
*** oldIndex.c Tue Jul 29 14:10:59 1997
--- newIndex.c Thu Sep 4 14:36:18 1997
***************
*** 608,614 ****
printf("s: %d\n", structure);
#endif
if ((tag[0]=='!') &&
! (lstrstr(tag,"META")) ) {
if (lstrstr(tag, "START")) {
metaName=getMeta(tag);
/* If there is not a legal
metaName
--- 608,616 ----
printf("s: %d\n", structure);
#endif
if ((tag[0]=='!') &&
! lstrstr(tag,"META") &&
! (lstrstr(tag,"START") ||
! lstrstr(tag,"END") ) ) {
if (lstrstr(tag, "START")) {
metaName=getMeta(tag);
/* If there is not a legal
metaName
***************
*** 1218,1223 ****
--- 1220,1226 ----
int structure;
{
int metaName, j, i, inword, wordcount, emphasized, jstart;
+ int k, q;
char* temp;
char c, word[MAXWORDLEN];
***************
*** 1270,1275 ****
--- 1273,1290 ----
if (isokword(word))
strcpy(word, (char *)
convertentities(word));
+ /* Get rid of specified last char's */
+ if (IGNORELAST) {
+ for (k=0; word[k] != '\0'; k++)
+ ;
+ /* Move back one to find the last char */
+ k--;
+ for (q=0; IGNORELASTCHAR[q] != '\0'; q++)
+ if (word[k] == IGNORELASTCHAR[q]){
+ word[k] = '\0';
+ break;
+ }
+ }
if (hasokchars(word) && isokword(word))
entrylist = (struct entry *)
addentry(entrylist, word,
On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, John Coleman wrote:
> I'm wondering if the IGNORELASTCHAR should apply to Meta tag searches?
>
> I get inconsistent results if commas are used to seperate meta names.
>
> A search for "animals" as a meta word does not return a page with
> "animals," in the meta tag. Vice-versa is also true
>
> http://www.library.yale.edu/~coleman/swish/searchtemplate.htm
>
> Also, on the page with commas, the other 2 meta tags cannot be searched at
> all:
> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>THIS IS A META TAG TEST WITH COMMAS IN THE META
> TAG</TITLE>
> <META NAME="DC.subject" CONTENT="mickey mouse"> <META NAME="keywords"
> CONTENT="fishing, yale, animals,">
>
> Is the answer to leave out the commas? Convention seems to be to put them
> in, or am I missing something?
>
> **********
> John Coleman
> Yale University Library Systems
> 203-432-1847
>
>
Received on Mon Sep 22 09:27:53 1997