From lucene-dev-return-805-qmlist-jakarta-archive-lucene-dev=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org Tue Feb 19 00:41:00 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-lucene-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 49684 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2002 00:41:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 19 Feb 2002 00:41:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 12357 invoked by uid 97); 19 Feb 2002 00:41:06 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-lucene-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 12310 invoked by uid 97); 19 Feb 2002 00:41:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact lucene-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Lucene Developers List" Reply-To: "Lucene Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list lucene-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 12299 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2002 00:41:05 -0000 Message-ID: <94F890AC98E9AF478F08FEFAC7467C7C010F59@riker01> From: Doug Cutting To: 'Lucene Developers List' Subject: RE: Status of proximity in query language Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:23:45 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > From: Peter Carlson [mailto:carlson@bookandhammer.com] > > % (can use be used to escape characters). This reminds me: Should we add an escape character to the query parser? This would permit any query syntax character to be included literally in a query token (provided the analyzer could also handle that character). Percent and backslash are popular escapes. For example, if backslash were the escape, then the query: file:c\:\\autoexec.bat would match the term "c:\autoexec.bat" in the "file" field. Thoughts? Doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: