Re: [Deskbar] Levenstein, Typo correction, Sorting items by usage

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2007/10/4, Fabrice Colin <fabrice colin gmail com>:

On 10/4/07, Nils <n bruenggel gmail com> wrote:
> I was wondering if anybody thought about implementing levenstein in
> Deskbar? Also what about implementing typo correction (eg if 2 letters
> are swapped, one missing or one too much) then it should still match
> the entries in the db. I think quicksilver for mac osx implements such
> stuff..
>
> I have a very limited free time at the moment, so I think I can't
> implement it myself, but I'm curious if there are plans or if anybody
> already tried.
>
Some back-ends are able to suggest terms, or do spelling correction.
It would be useful if these capabilities could be exported by Deskbar
handlers/modules.

This is not solvable on a global deskbar level. But can be solved by individual modules.

In the days before we joined Gnome we did native stemming, but it turned out to be a bottle neck. One of deskbar's prime features are the near-instant searches, and that should be kept as a higher goal than spelling corrections I think.

Cheers,
Mikkel