Full-text search not really full-text

secasa · 10-01-2022, 03:56 PM

I'm trying to use full-text to search for every instance of a word. I don't want just the first available, but the next and next as well.

I was wanting to know if this is already an option and I'm missing it or if it would need to be added in an update. I think that would be a great feature request.

ownedbycats · 10-01-2022, 04:10 PM

The FTS stops after the first match in a book (Kovid mentioned it here); it's an intentional design choice I think.

BetterRed · 10-01-2022, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by secasa

I'm trying to use full-text to search for every instance of a word. I don't want just the first available, but the next and next as well.

I was wanting to know if this is already an option and I'm missing it or if it would need to be added in an update. I think that would be a great feature request.

If you're searching EPUBs then: if you open the book in the calibre viewer from the FTS right panel (click the blue EPUB), then the search expression will be carried forward into the viewer's search tool which has next and previous buttons.

BR

DNSB · 10-01-2022, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

The FTS stops after the first match in a book (Kovid mentioned it here); it's an intentional design choice I think.

Ownedbycats is correct that it was an intentional design choice to prevent endless pages of results when a word is used multiple times. I prefer to find a list of books that have a word such as 'gnarlbag' and then open those books for a deeper search.

BetterRed · 10-01-2022, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

If you're searching EPUBs then: if you open the book in the calibre viewer from the FTS right panel (click the blue EPUB), then the search expression will be carried forward into the viewer's search tool which has next and previous buttons.

BR

Oops - that's what I think it did in early versions, what it does in 6.6.1 is to search the EPUB for the FTS result snippet in its entirety - which it only finds once of course.

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Should have tested it before I posted.

IMO that's a regression error, I've posted a bug at launchpad ==>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1991467.

BR

kovidgoyal · 10-01-2022, 10:11 PM

FTS will only find one instance per book. If you want to find all instances of a word ina book open the book in the viewer and search there.

10-01-2022, 03:56 PM	#1
secasa Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2022 Device: laptop	Full-text search not really full-text I'm trying to use full-text to search for every instance of a word. I don't want just the first available, but the next and next as well. I was wanting to know if this is already an option and I'm missing it or if it would need to be added in an update. I think that would be a great feature request.

10-01-2022, 04:10 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,742 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	The FTS stops after the first match in a book (Kovid mentioned it here); it's an intentional design choice I think. Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-01-2022 at 04:12 PM.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,229 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	FTS will only find one instance per book. If you want to find all instances of a word ina book open the book in the viewer and search there.