filter and search

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:44:28 +0200

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𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 wrote the following post Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:44:26 +0200

filter and search

#filter and #search

is there a syntax to combine two filter or search queries - e. g. for searching for two hashtags

like
?f=&tag=hashtag1&tag=hashtag2 ( = that does not work )

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Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:28:59 +0200

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

syntax for a search is

?f=&cat=Hubzilla

?f=&tag=Hubzilla

How to search for more than one item/word ?

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:17:42 +0200

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

As for filters, if you use filter syntax (= anything that starts with a question mark), it doesn't support multiple keywords or hashtags in one line. Before you try that, it doesn't support regular expressions either. Only one keyword or hashtag per line.

To make matters worse, if your filter uses filter syntax at the bottom, the lines are connected by AND. So if you put multiple tag= or cat= or body= lines in your filter, they will all be used. For example, if you put them into your allow list, the filter will only let messages through that contain all of them, not either of them as one might expect.

So with filter syntax, you have two choices. Either you filter by only one word. Or you filter by a number of words, but all of these words have to be present or absent for a message to make it past the filter.

If you want to build a traditional filter list, you must not use filter syntax. This, in turn, makes it impossible to limit filters to only posts and deactivate them for comments and direct messages.

I've described this in another issue.

In order to fix this, we need someone to actually develop a patch that introduces conditional orders to Hubzilla filters and submit a pull request.

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:59:59 +0200

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼

chris@im.allmendenetz.de

@Jupiter Rowland thanks for that