Hello. Thank you very much for your hard work and the time you put into it!
In your description of the program's search options, you wrote:
It's possible to write even more complex queries by using regular expressions put in forward slashes:
Example: /14[1-2][0-9]/ renaissance
Since this query only contains one search term, I assume that there is an implied search term or expression in quotation marks preceding it, since these must be proximity search term values.
Are [1-2][0-9] meant to be examples of possible proximity values other than
/14?
In other words, does the following language accurately convey what you meant by the excerpt I quoted in the indented paragraph above?
It's possible to write even more complex queries by using regular expressions put in forward slashes:
Numbered examples:
1. [implied search term or implied expression in quotation marks] /14 renaissance
2. [implied search term or implied expression in quotation marks] /1-2 renaissance
3. [implied search term or implied expression in quotation marks] /0-9 renaissance
If so, would
ether /14 renaissance search for instances where the term
ether (as in ether theories hypothesizing the existence that an invisible space-filling medium was involved in gravitational forces) is precisely 14 words away from the term
renaissance?
Would
ether /1-2 renaissance search for instances where exactly one or two words separate
ether from
renaissance, but not instances of
ether renaissance or
renaissance ether? (Since you provided /0-9 as what appears to be another example of proximity values, it seems that /1 would require one word between the two search terms).
And would the query
ether* /0-9 renaissance search for
ether,
ethers,
ether-theory, etc. within nine words of
renaissance?
I'm very sorry if this has already been discussed. I checked the first three or four pages of comments, and had the impression that it probably had not been discussed.
Also, my response was longer than I intended, but I hope it is helpful if my guesses are correct.