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Simple tip - how to search for short words - nickr - 2013-01-22
Sorry if this is painfully obvious or covered many time before.
Short strings cannot be searched for in the forum's native search tools.
Quote:One or more of your search terms were shorter than the minimum length. The minimum search term length is 4 characters.
I struck this when searching for 3D and MVC. Very frustrating. However google comes to the rescue.
Simply enter the search into google with the site: tag, eg enter your search term as:
Quote:3d mvc site:forum.xbmc.org
Of course this works with any website that has restrictive searches enabled, or no search capability at all.
RE: Simple tip - how to search for short words - T800 - 2013-01-22
Good tip. I use this on quite a few websites that don't allow for short searches.
RE: Simple tip - how to search for short words - Ned Scott - 2013-01-22
Indeed, it's what I've been using. We also use custom site search from google that does "site:wiki.xbmc.org" for the wiki, because they do such a better job than MediaWiki's search.