Duplicate search history entries

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harryray2
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Duplicate search history entries

Post by harryray2 »

Would it be an idea to automatically remove duplicate search history entries, just keeping the latest entry?

Similar to some clipboard managers.
therube
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Re: Duplicate search history entries

Post by therube »

I don't think you should be seeing dups.

It used to be that case mattered, but that was changed & no longer does.
Quotes can make a difference. So "out" is different from out (non-quoted).

If you do have dups, suppose - with Everything closed, you could (manually) zap them (or do it through Everythings UI).
void
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Re: Duplicate search history entries

Post by void »

There shouldn't be any duplicates in your search history.

Please take note of any spaces, as spaces are not trimmed.

for example, the following are all unique search history entries:

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abc
abc 
abc  
(Note the trailing spaces).



Using search_history_add_delay will exaggerate the issue.
Consider disabling search_history_add_delay and pressing ENTER or performing an action on a result to add to your search history.
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