Stream: docs

Topic: Search for exact string?


view this post on Zulip Jan van Mansum (Jun 26 2025 at 07:43):

Is there a way to search for an exact string in the User Guide? I have tried putting the string in single quotes and double quotes, but it seems the search engine splits up the string in separate words anyway.

Example (the v6.3 docs https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.3/user/index.html): search for "Create a Private URL". I get 8 hits, but most of them do not contain the full string.

I am now search the source code for the docs as a workaround.

Thanks,
Jan.

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin ๐Ÿš€ (Jun 26 2025 at 11:05):

Another workaround is to search the PDF at http://preview.guides.gdcc.io/_/downloads/en/develop/pdf/

It's linked from https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.3/versions.html , for example, but please keep in mind that the PDF is always the latest version (6.6 as of this writing).

view this post on Zulip Jan van Mansum (Jun 26 2025 at 11:36):

What kind of index is backing the search? Is this code open source and if so where can I find it?

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin ๐Ÿš€ (Jun 26 2025 at 11:38):

It's client-side JavaScript. Yes, it's open source. There's talk of improving it here: https://github.com/orgs/sphinx-doc/discussions/13222


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