Re: [Lurker-users] how to search

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Author: martin f krafft
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To: Wesley W. Terpstra
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Subject: Re: [Lurker-users] how to search
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gpg: Signature made Mon Aug 27 12:35:38 2007 CEST using DSA key ID 330C4A75
gpg: Good signature from "Martin F. Krafft <mail@martin-krafft.net>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft <madduck@madduck.net>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (AERAsec GmbH) <mkrafft@aerasec.de>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (MB! Sudetia) <mkrafft@sudetia.de>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (Debian) <madduck@debian.org>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (Uni Zuerich) <krafft@ifi.unizh.ch>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (AILab) <krafft@ailab.ch>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (ACM) <madduck@acm.org>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (IEEE) <madduck@ieee.org>"
gpg: aka "[jpeg image of size 1803]"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (Lero) <martin.krafft@lero.ie>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (Uni Limerick) <martin.krafft@ul.ie>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (Skynet) <madduck@skynet.ie>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (/ch/open) <mkrafft@ch-open.ch>"
gpg: aka "Martin F. Krafft (SCCS) <madduck@sccs.swarthmore.edu>"
also sprach Wesley W. Terpstra <> [2007.08.24.1047 +0200]:
> > and yet, if I search 'au:thomas', it returns no results. What could
> > be the reason?
>
> If this really happens, it's a bug. Please provide me with the email
> in question. Does this email appear in the archive?


I am trying to reproduce this but so far have not found a message
that I can provide to the public.

> > However, sometimes I really just want to browse, but I cannot figure
> > out how to do this with lurker. Is it possible to just display the
> > next 20 entries/matches?
>
> ... the white arrow with a blue outline? It's at the top and 'left'
> means earlier, 'right' means later. Select a list from the start
> page, click 'view newest messages', proceed to use the left arrow to
> move backwards in time.


Believe it or not, this button has only just entered my perception.
I did not see it previously, thanks!

> > Strangely, if I browse the 20th thread, there is also no right
> > arrow at the bottom to jump to the previous thread.
>
> I'm not sure how the 'previous thread' should be even be defined.
> At the bottom of a message you can jump to the mailing list index
> surrounding an email ('nearby messages'), which would then show
> you previous messages from other threads. Or use the arrows at
> the bottom if you want to follow all messages in the list in
> order.


Yes, I think I must have misunderstood the way lurker works. The
main screen shows the active threads, not a thread index.

Thanks for your time,

-- 
martin;              (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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