-<token> does not work

[gitrj95]

• m1 mbp
• compiling xapian against /opt/homebrew
• claims compiled successfully
• search doesn't work

[casouri]

What do you mean by -<token>?

[gitrj95]

when in xeft, if i type -apple, i expect all notes except apple in the text right? instead, i just get notes with apple in them

[casouri]

I guess you need to add at least one other query term, like fruit -apple, to make the negative sign take effect.

[gitrj95]

hmm. not a fan of that, but i guess that's just how the engine works? won't bother looking further, then

[casouri]

Xeft uses Xapian for indexing and searching, their documentation isn't super clear on this so I don't know.