Proximity units other than "words"

Harry Hahne
Harry Hahne Member Posts: 766 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Libronix allows proximity to be specified by a certain number of words, characters, clauses, sentences or paragraphs. As far as I can see the only proximity unit is words in Logos 4 and 5. Are the other proximity units available?

I realize that the Logos 4/5 word proximity is far more useful than the similar feature in Libronix, because it meatures an actual number of words, rather than an estimated number of words based on the number of characters between search terms. But I wonder if the other proximity units are implemented or planned.

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,144

    Hi Harry

    Harry Hahne said:

    Are the other proximity units available?

    CHARS is available.

    I don't think any others are.

    Graham

  • Bradley Grainger (Logos)
    Bradley Grainger (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 12,071

    Harry Hahne said:

    But I wonder if the other proximity units are implemented or planned.


    In LDLS3, clauses, sentences and paragraphs were simulated by 30, 100 and 1000 characters respectively. You can emulate this in Logos 5 by simply multiplying your "WITHIN x CHARS" search by those constants.


    We removed these units in Logos 5 because they weren't "real". We don't currently plan to bring them back (as simulated or as "real" units).
  • Harry Hahne
    Harry Hahne Member Posts: 766 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/471027#Comment_471027

    I appreciate that the simulated proximity units were removed, since they could mislead users. The true word proximity in use since Logos 4 is much better.

    I had hoped that real clause, sentence and paragraph proximity would be included. But lacking that, it is good to have clarity about what numbers were actually used in Libronix.

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