[Gnumed-devel] Re: next try at gmPhraseWheel

[richard terry]

A few comments, not necessarily in any order or logic.

1)case insensitivity should be the default. We are not nerds in linux here, 
we are doctors searching for information. In fact I used to do the following 
sort of logic - search by lower case on database lcase(databasefield), that 
way you never have any problems.

2)The phrase wheel needs to be linked to a timer and the search DOES NOT 
BEGIN until a pre-defined interval has been reached. 

I think I chose 300msec, but it would need to be adjusted to the users typing 
speed. 

The reasons are as follows:
-we usually know what information we are after eg if I type hyper AND THEN 
the phrase wheel starts to search, you are not making repetitive and 
unecessary calls to your database, and the subset of words returned in the 
recordset will be small, even with an instring search - because additionally 
remember, you should be searching on  either weighted data, or in some 
situations a start string search on indexed data

Will send more as I think of them.

Regards



On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:30, you wrote:
> > I'd have some sort of option to search with no case sensitivity as the
> > default.
>
> Will make it an option at widget creation time. Can be
> switched later. If case _sensitive_ does not turn up matches a
> case _insensitive_ search will be conducted automagically.
>
> What delay did you typically use between last character typed
> and commencement for match fetching ? (I'll make it
> configurable, though, as users have differing perceptions.)
>
> Karsten