[BioC] Re: Better mailing list archives {was "Searching BioC .."}

[Friedrich.Leisch at ci.tuwien.ac.at]

Umm, that's already at the R homepgae for quite some time now ...

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>>>>> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:02:21 -0400 ,
>>>>> Warnes, Gregory R (WGR) wrote:

  > I find Google's site search the most effective way to search mail archives.
  > I generally use the incantation (Example for R):

  > 	site:r-project.org search terms here

  > to search the entire site, including email.  

  > To make this easier, and to share this trick with others, I've often wanted
  > to have a search box on bioconductor.org and r-project.org.

  > So, here's a simple form does the trick for r-project.org:

  >   <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
  >      <tr valign="baseline"> 
  >         <td>
  >            <font color="#990033">
  >               <i>Search terms:&nbsp;&nbsp;</i>
  >            </font>
  >         </td>
  >         <td nowrap> 
  >            <form action="http://www.google.com/search" method=get>
  >                 <input type=text value="site:r-project.org" name="q"
  >                        style="display:none">
  >                 <input type=text value="" name="q" size=25>
  >                 <nobr>
  >                 <input name=btnG type=submit value="Google Search">
  >                 </nobr>
  >            </form>
  >         </td>
  >      </tr>
  >   </table>

  > The obvious change makes it work for bioconductor.

  > -Greg





  >> -----Original Message-----
  >> From: Martin Maechler [mailto:maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch]
  >> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:33 AM
  >> To: Jeff Gentry
  >> Cc: ESS-core at stat.math.ethz.ch; R-core at stat.math.ethz.ch; Bioconductor
  >> (E-mail)
  >> Subject: [BioC] Re: Better mailing list archives {was "Searching BioC
  >> .."}
  >> 
  >> 
  >> >>>>> "JeffG" == Jeff Gentry <jgentry at jimmy.harvard.edu>
  >> >>>>>     on Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:25:22 -0400 (EDT) writes:
  >> 
  >> >> Is there a search facility for the past BioConductor 
  >> mails similar to
  >> >> R's search engine (eg http://www.google.com/u/newcastlemaths) ?
  >> 
  JeffG> Nope.
  >> 
  JeffG> If someone wants to provide said capability, it would
  JeffG> be awfully nice of them :)
  >> 
  >> yes, in any case/
  >> 
  JeffG> Until then we have the archive, but as you noted 
  >> there is no search
  JeffG> capability built in.
  >> 
  >> As mailing list site manager, I have recently e-talked with
  >> some mailman developers about other problems with the simple
  >> pipermail archiving {which is builtin default for mailman lists}.
  >> 
  >> Some then mentioned the possibility of using MHonARC instead of
  >> pipermail.  But first, we'll definitely have a (minor) upgrade
  >> of mailman itself.  Then I might have a look into using
  >> alternatives to pipermail.  If someone has experience or
  >> valuable information here, I'd be glad.
  >> 
  >> Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>	
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