Highlighting from multiple indexes

Ruby Apps Ferret
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Hi.

I’m searching multiple indexes by passing an array of paths to
Index::IndexReader.new(). I get several hits back, and can determine
the document id of each.

Now I want to fetch highlighted excerpts from a field in one of the
matched documents. The problem I’m having is that Index::IndexReader
doesn’t have a highlight() method. And, while Index::Index does have
a highlight() method, its new() method doesn’t allow for an array of
paths.

What am I missing, here?

Thanks in advance.

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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:30:17PM -0400, Jeff M. wrote:

What am I missing, here?

The Searcher class :slight_smile:
Create a searcher from your IndexReader and use it’s highlight method.

Cheers,
Jens

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