This ticket is a feature request for zim searches to always first search indexed tags with the query, before it searches the Page contents.
Problem
Searching in Zim is, in general, slow.
To try to make a page appear faster, I've gotten into the habit of adding a "Keywords" section to the top of all my zim Pages. For example, for a Page titled "Git Hub", I may add the following line to the top of the Page (in hopes that this would make Zim find it faster)
This works great if I search for @git, but this does not work if I search for git or if I search for version control. This is what I'd like to fix.
Solution
Searching in Zim for a keyword that is part of the article title is fast (because it's indexed). Tags are indexed.
The solution to this problem is two-fold:
Zim should search Page's indexed tags for all the keywords in a user's search query, and
Zim should search for multiple-word queries in underscore-delimited tags
Such that:
If a user searches for git (without the @ prefix), then it very quickly returns any pages with the @git tag, and
If a user searches for version control (without the @ prefix and with a space between the words), then it very quickly returns any pages with the @version_control tag
Why?
This would empower users to quickly adjust the index for those queries that they keep typing that take forever to return the page that they want. Workflow would be:
User notices that every time they search for version control, it takes 30-60+ seconds to find the page that they want
User realizes that they search for version control several times per week, and they want to speed up the results for this specific page being returned for this specific query
User adds the text @version_control to somewhere in the Page that they want to find faster
User updates index
User searches for version control, and the page they want appears in the results almost instantly
maltfield
commented
2 weeks ago
This ticket is a feature request for zim searches to always first search indexed tags with the query, before it searches the Page contents.
Problem
Searching in Zim is, in general, slow.
To try to make a page appear faster, I've gotten into the habit of adding a "Keywords" section to the top of all my zim Pages. For example, for a Page titled "Git Hub", I may add the following line to the top of the Page (in hopes that this would make Zim find it faster)
....but that doesn't work at all.
I've also recently learned about tags, which are indexed. This means I can put the following at the top of a given Page
This works great if I search for
@git, but this does not work if I search forgitor if I search forversion control. This is what I'd like to fix.Solution
Searching in Zim for a keyword that is part of the article title is fast (because it's indexed). Tags are indexed.
The solution to this problem is two-fold:
Such that:
git(without the@prefix), then it very quickly returns any pages with the@gittag, andversion control(without the@prefix and with a space between the words), then it very quickly returns any pages with the@version_controltagWhy?
This would empower users to quickly adjust the index for those queries that they keep typing that take forever to return the page that they want. Workflow would be:
version control, it takes 30-60+ seconds to find the page that they wantversion controlseveral times per week, and they want to speed up the results for this specific page being returned for this specific query@version_controlto somewhere in the Page that they want to find fasterversion control, and the page they want appears in the results almost instantly