BUG: using language indicators in search not working?

NetworkGeek
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edited January 31 in Beta Desktop App Forum

Am I doing something wrong? Why are g: and h: not working? I haven't used them in a while…

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,038
    edited January 31

    from the release notes:


    • Bible Search will use the Smart search engine by default, unless you enter Precise search syntax.
      • Examples:Entire query parses as a Bible reference.Entire query is in Greek or Hebrew.Query contains special syntax.Exact phrase/in quotes.

    (emphasis mine) It should switch to a precise search rather than indicate invalid syntax.

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  • Jack Caviness
    Jack Caviness MVP Posts: 13,543
    edited January 31

    Tried h:שְׁלֹמֹה, and received the same error reply, but lemma:שְׁלֹמֹה worked perfectly. Also tried g:logos and received that same error report. Don't know when, but it appears that h: and g: no longer work.

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  • NetworkGeek
    NetworkGeek Member Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1356077#Comment_1356077

    Thank you @MJ. Smith , I couldn't find the bug tag!

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,038
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1356089#Comment_1356089

    It is tagged bug - the tags are at the bottom of the input when you create a new post.

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  • Jack Caviness
    Jack Caviness MVP Posts: 13,543

    MJ Smith wrote: "It should switch to a precise search rather than indicate invalid syntax."

    I was on Precise search when I received the error message. You are likely correct that this is a bug.

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  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Administrator, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,422

    What you have entered is not valid syntax. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, you need to do one of two things differently:

    First, one usage of the h: or g: prefix is to direct the autocompleter to give you untransliterated suggestions in that language. This isn't valid search syntax, it's just something to help you select the right things from the autocompleter without having to type original language characters. https://ref.ly/logosres/logos4help?hw=Untransliteration

    Second, if you are trying to constrain your search to only text that has been tagged as a specific language, then the syntax is something like french: or german:. This technically works for Hebrew and Greek, but is of extremely low value, since the glyphs you have specified are unique to those languages, so there is no need to specify the prefix if your query is written using original language characters. https://ref.ly/logosres/logos4help?hw=Advanced+Searching&off=17353

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • NetworkGeek
    NetworkGeek Member Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1356093#Comment_1356093

    Got it - I see how it works. Shows how long since I used it lol. Thank you @Andrew Batishko

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