I'm looking for opinions here. Feel free to rationalize your response if so desired.
Currently, the package searching in distrib/packages does not match sub-words by default. For example, "diction" will not match "dictionary". Appending an asterisk to a word will enable sub-word searching. There is a short explanation below the search mentioning the use of '*', but from the mail we've been receiving many people do not read it. Do you feel this is the proper default or should sub-words be matched? Note that if the default is switched, exact word matching can be enabled by adding a '$' to the end of a word. Alternatively, users could be given the choice using a checkbox. In this case, users could still enable subword searches on individual words by appending them with an asterisk. I'm currently leaning towards the third solution, but would like to hear some other opinions before implementing it. -- James (Jay) Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
