The search should match fancy characters with their "regular" equivalent

tgxworld · December 23, 2020, 5:42am

This is not related to the search index. For exact matches, we match it against Post#raw and Topic#title:

lib/search.rb

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              # A is for title
              # B is for category
              # C is for tags
              # D is for cooked
              weights = @in_title ? 'A' : (SiteSetting.tagging_enabled ? 'ABCD' : 'ABD')
              posts = posts.where(post_number: 1) if @in_title
              posts = posts.where("post_search_data.search_data @@ #{ts_query(weight_filter: weights)}")
              exact_terms = @term.scan(Regexp.new(PHRASE_MATCH_REGEXP_PATTERN)).flatten
          
              exact_terms.each do |exact|
                posts = posts.where("posts.raw ilike :exact OR topics.title ilike :exact", exact: "%#{exact}%")
              end
            end
          end
          
          @filters.each do |block, match|
            if block.arity == 1
              posts = instance_exec(posts, &block) || posts
            else
              posts = instance_exec(posts, match, &block) || posts
            end

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The search should match fancy characters with their "regular" equivalent

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