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CadMan69

February 14th, 2006 05:02 PM

can't use underscore when searching ?

Looks like I can't use an underscore "_" when searching for program filenames (like 123_456.exe, music_99.wav)

Is this true ?
Is there any way around this ?

Thanks,
CadMan69

Only A Hobo

February 14th, 2006 05:11 PM

No .. certain symbols cannot be used in the search I'm afraid

CadMan69

February 14th, 2006 05:51 PM

Hello Limewire folks .....

Is this going to be fixed in the near future ?

CadMan69

Quote:

Originally posted by Only A Hobo
No .. certain symbols cannot be used in the search I'm afraid

Only A Hobo

February 15th, 2006 08:49 AM

I've inquired some more about this and as I understand it, the Gnutella network does not support ( ) ^ { } [ ] _ ! symbols and one or two I may have omitted, and whilst it is quite possible to compile Limewire in such a way as to remove these apparent omissions, the excercise would be fairly pointless for the reasons I have already given.

fwiw, I have always found searches work quite satisfactorially without the need to insert these items in to a search.

I hope this explains the situation:)

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