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Re: Should searching find sub-words by default?



James A. Treacy:

> Do you feel this is the proper default or should sub-words be
> matched? Note that if the default is switched, exact word
> matching can be enabled by adding a '$' to the end of a word.

If it is implemented, IMHO it should not be default, and if it is
checked, it should also search for the sub-word inside words, not only
in the beginning (which is useful for languages like Swedish or German,
which use a lot of compound words).

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