[Controversial Patch for Bug 18180] kfind sloppy match for simple search strings

[aleXXX]

On Friday 19 July 2002 18:27, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> On Thursday 18 July 2002 10:28 pm, Klas Kalass wrote:
> > Example:
> > kfind -> kfind.cpp is FOUND

Maybe I wanted to search only for files named exactly "kfind" ?
This would no longer be possible with this kind of matching.

> > k?ind -> kfind.cpp is NOT FOUND
> > k?ind* -> kfind.cpp is FOUND
> > .c -> kfind.cpp is FOUND
> > *.c -> kfind.cpp is NOT FOUND
> >
> > May I apply?
>
> This is an intriquing idea.. but it's not at all obvious behavior.  I
> wonder if it would be better if the results were somehow split into two
> sets.. absolute matches and "kinda" matches.

IMHO it ain't to much to expect that users know the meaning of "*" and "?".
And I don't think this "fuzzy" search is yet another checkbox in kfind worth.

Bye
Alex