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I need to single out all folders than have just

info

anywhere in them as a word i.e. disregard all that have e.g.

information

or

install-info

nor

How can I do this?

ww:info

ww: = whole words



-or-



Enable Match Whole Words from the Search menu and search for:

info



-or-



regex:\binfo\b

regex: = enable regular expressions

\b = word boundary

Neither of these methods seem to work, because I am still being shown for example folders

space breaks only? -no punctuation?

Please try the following:

folder:regex:"(\s|^)info(\s|$)"

folder: = folders only.
\s = space.
| = OR.
^ = start of filename.
$ = end of filename.

void wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:11 pm [...]
folder:regex:"(\s|^)info(\s|$)"
[...]

This seems to work i.e. those three folders are no longer shown to me


Thus such question arises: how should Match Whole Words work, both through

Main Menu > Search > Match Whole Words

and CTRL+F shortcut? Is it not working how it should just for me [and I need to change some setting] or did I just gave you examples that need to be accounted for [i.e. an update is needed]?

The standard is to treat spaces and punctuation as word breaks.

Everything treats spaces and punctuation as word breaks.
The only non-standard character Everything treats as a word break is an underscore: _



Everything will treat info in the following as a word:

959492.info.52348527

The dots (.) are punctuation.
info is surrounded by punctuation so it is treated as a word.



Use regex if you need more control for word matching.



Main Menu > Search > Match Whole Words
and
Ctrl + F > Match Whole Words
will work the same way. (treat spaces and punctuation as word breaks)

Maybe my train of thought is wrong here but as there already exists option

Main Menu > Search > Ignore Punctuation

then one might think that only after selecting it the option

Main Menu > Search > Match Whole Words

would result with e.g.
being found when plain
is entered in the Search Edit box. But if this is the standard approach [to treat not only spaces but also punctuation signs as word breaks] then I would suggest adding of a new option named something like

Main Menu > Search > Match Whole Words Without Any Additions

which would eliminate from results all cases when the searched for word has any sign adjacent to it, including the
sign - but with exception of all kinds of white spaces. But then again: if such option will be entitled Without Any then it would imply also lack of spaces- thus some other / better description would be needed for what I am proposing

And then there is of course the issue of the "real" dot that is separating filenames from their extensions

Do you void have any thoughts about that last input from me?

Everything treats spaces and punctuation as word breaks.

I will consider an option to match words with space breaks only.
Thank you for the suggestion.



For now, use regex: for more control, for example:

folder:regex:stem:"(\s|^)info(\s|$)"

Use stem: to match the name without the extension.



Consider adding the following filter from Search -> Add to filters:
Name: Match Whole Words Without Any Additions
Search: #[REPLACETERMS:$param:,"regex:stem:(\s|^)#[REGEXESCAPE:#TERM:#]:(\s|$)"#]:

void wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:32 pm Everything treats spaces and punctuation as word breaks.

I will consider an option to match words with space breaks only.

I sure wil be looking forward to it. Because this

void wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:32 pm Consider adding the following filter from Search -> Add to filters:
Name: Match Whole Words Without Any Additions
Search: #[REPLACETERMS:$param:,"regex:stem:(\s|^)#[REGEXESCAPE:#TERM:#]:(\s|$)"#]:

does work - but is yet another Filter workaround that I will have to remember that I have and for what reason exactly / remember to use it when once more I will discover that the Search options do "not" work. And of course it is impossible to use this Filter with some other one at the same time - to which a workaround would be of course to make it available in my Everything also in form as a Bookmark. But then again: this would be extending the amount of additional workarounds; plus a Bookmark is less convenient than a Filter as it clutters Search Edit when picked