Should (or can) Everything match ffx to Firefox?

[kazw]

Hi,

I've been testing Everything 1.5a and have a question, please.

Shouldn't Everything match search term 'ffx' to Firefox.exe?
Or, is there a way to configure it to do so?

(Also, can someone tell me how Everything matches terms typed in reverse? For example, I can type "Amazing Every" to match "Everything is Amazing.txt". That's awesome! Just curious how Everything does that?)

Thanks.

[horst.epp]

1. Why should Everything find Firefox.exe ?
ffx is not part of its file or path name.

2. Typing with a blank by default means a AND condition.
It doesn't matter what of the terms comes first in your search.

[tuska]

Shouldn't Everything match search term 'ffx' to Firefox.exe?
Or, is there a way to configure it to do so?

Hi,

Code: Select all

file:f f x

finds:
Firefox.exe

[void]

Shouldn't Everything match search term 'ffx' to Firefox.exe?

Short answer: no

Everything will find results matching your search terms.
It doesn't have an option to match filefox with ffx.

You could match firefox.exe with:
f*f*x*
-or-
f f x



Long answer: yes

• In Everything 1.5, from the Search menu, click add to filters.
• Change the Name to: Gapped Search
• Change the Search to: regex:\b[regexreplace:$param:,(.),\1"[a-z0-9]*"]
• Click OK.
• Active this filter from the Search menu and search for: ffx

(Also, can someone tell me how Everything matches terms typed in reverse? For example, I can type "Amazing Every" to match "Everything is Amazing.txt". That's awesome! Just curious how Everything does that?)

Spaces break your search into terms.
Everything will AND all these terms together.
The order doesn't matter.

Amazing AND Every
is the same as:
Every AND Amazing



If you want to find Every after Amazing, please try the following search:

Amazing*Every*

[kazw]

1. Why should Everything find Firefox.exe ?
ffx is not part of its file or path name.

It is, but not consecutive. I believe it depends on the type of search algorithm implemented. Some launcher programs, e.g. keypirinha, will match that. Being used to that, I was just wondering. I think now I understand a bit better how Everything is working.

Thanks.

[kazw]

Hi void, thanks for explaining this to me. Makes sense now. And I appreicate it

Shouldn't Everything match search term 'ffx' to Firefox.exe?

Short answer: no

Everything will find results matching your search terms.
It doesn't have an option to match filefox with ffx.

You could match firefox.exe with:
f*f*x*
-or-
f f x



Long answer: yes

• In Everything 1.5, from the Search menu, click add to filters.
• Change the Name to: Gapped Search
• Change the Search to: regex:\b[regexreplace:$param:,(.),\1"[a-z0-9]*"]
• Click OK.
• Active this filter from the Search menu and search for: ffx

(Also, can someone tell me how Everything matches terms typed in reverse? For example, I can type "Amazing Every" to match "Everything is Amazing.txt". That's awesome! Just curious how Everything does that?)

Spaces break your search into terms.
Everything will AND all these terms together.
The order doesn't matter.

Amazing AND Every
is the same as:
Every AND Amazing



If you want to find Every after Amazing, please try the following search:

Amazing*Every*