From: John Beckett 

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:33:24 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:
>  The ! prefix is only needed if you do not use the query specific syntax.
>  It's the override mechanism that forces the query service even if not
requested.

The ! seems to be always needed here. On XP SP2. I just pressed Win+F and
entered the following under 'A word or phrase in the file':

folder & builds & {at}filename=*.txt

The search ground away and had displayed nothing in 20 seconds, so I
clicked Stop. I then inserted '!' at the start of the search and got a list
of 50 items in under a second.

I then deleted the '!' and clicked Search. Within a second it announced:
Search is complete. There are no results to display.

> Now you may ask, why isn't the service the default?  I can only speculate
> that because of how it works people may believe it didn't work...

Yes - I can see that. Also, if I created a file one minute ago, the
"search with indexing" might not find it (although in practice I
have noticed the CI is amazingly fast at noticing changed files -
presumably it requests notifications).

Some serious work on the GUI (starting with shooting the dog) is needed!
The ultra-friendly gumph that is shown under 'Change preferences' is just
TOO confusing! Example: I see
    Without Indexing Service
meaning that I am USING the indexing service, and if I were to click the
stupid message it would stop using it.

John

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