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Improving results of dynamic help search [message #469410] Wed, 06 June 2007 14:00 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
I really like the dynamic help search because I get it for free. However,
the results do not seem to be optimal. I have two problems:

1) Relevant topics are not appearing at all
2) The most relevant topic is not appearing until after a buch of not-so-
relevant topics

When I click more results, I think that I'm seeing the search string that
dynamic help is using. For example, say I've selected a view called MyView.
In the dynamic help, what I'm getting is:

- Intro to the tool
- How to create ....
- Using MyView

If I click more results... the Search expression is
"MyView view" OR "MyPerspective"

Is there a way to either configure the search expressions used or ensure
that the target page ranks higher in the results?

thanks,
Ruth Stento
Re: Improving results of dynamic help search [message #469416 is a reply to message #469410] Mon, 11 June 2007 14:59 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
As you mentioned, the results in the dynamic area are a direct result of
performing a search for:

"<selected view name>" OR "<selected perspective name>"

The only way you could improve the search results would be to attempt to
author your documents so that they receive more hits from these keywords.

What you can do, however, is provide context sensitive help for MyView.
Context sensitive help shows up in the same view as dynamic help (above
it) and is explicitly specified at development time. Thus, you can
configure it to show only the links you want in exactly the order you
want. For more information on using context sensitive help see the
following help documents:

http://help.eclipse.org/stable/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/guide/ua_help_context_id.htm
http://help.eclipse.org/stable/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/guide/ua_help_context_xml.htm
Re: Improving results of dynamic help search [message #571425 is a reply to message #469410] Mon, 11 June 2007 14:59 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
As you mentioned, the results in the dynamic area are a direct result of
performing a search for:

"<selected view name>" OR "<selected perspective name>"

The only way you could improve the search results would be to attempt to
author your documents so that they receive more hits from these keywords.

What you can do, however, is provide context sensitive help for MyView.
Context sensitive help shows up in the same view as dynamic help (above
it) and is explicitly specified at development time. Thus, you can
configure it to show only the links you want in exactly the order you
want. For more information on using context sensitive help see the
following help documents:

http://help.eclipse.org/stable/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/guide/ua_help_context_id.htm
http://help.eclipse.org/stable/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/guide/ua_help_context_xml.htm
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