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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Problem with "\" in WebHelp Search
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 20:30 CEST, David Cramer <david@thingbag.net> wrote: > On 06/05/2013 12:28 PM, Morgan Hayward wrote: > > We’ve been testing this on Firefox 21.0. However, I just tested this in > > IE9 and found the sidebar disappears when you search for a backslash (/) > > as well. Very strange. > > Indeed, I'm seeing that behavior in the current snapshot build: > > http://snapshots.docbook.org/xsl/webhelp/docs/?textToSearch=this+\+that# > > Should be easy enough to fix by removing / and \ from the search string. > I'll take a look. > Sorry, but stripping the / and \ characters from the search strings means that it is not possible to search for pathnames (for example, c:\winnt, or /var/log), windows registry keys, and a bunch of other technical terms that use these characters legitimately. Is there a way to work around this problem, for example, by using some escaping characters? Robert > David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org > >
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