Date:         Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:38:46 -0400
Reply-To:     "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         "LeVan,Ralph" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: [Fwd: masking character for words]
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No control over the distance?  I don't like that.

Ralph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Denenberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: masking character for words]
>
>
> Zero or more words.
>
> "LeVan,Ralph" wrote:
>
> > I like it.  Does it get followed by a digit or number?
> Does it mean exactly
> > one word or zero-or-one words?  Is it an ordered or
> unordered proximity?
> >
> > My preference is no following numbers, it means zero-or-one
> words and it is
> > ordered.  So "Gone||Wind" gets "Gone With The Wind" and
> "Gone from Wind".
> > (Note, spaces weren't necessary in the search term!)
> >
> > Ralph
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Robert Sanderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:14 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: [Fwd: masking character for words]
> > >
> > >
> > > > Nobody seems stressed out by the suggestion to
> > > > define a masking character for words.
> > > > Can someone suggest a character to use?
> > >
> > > How about:  |
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
>