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Chapter 16, Using Search 443
Customizing the Search Interface
Collection-specific variables are defined in the
dblist.ini
file. For example,
the default installation of Netscape Enterprise Server includes variables for the
web publishing collection. Among the variables defined there are:
NS-collection-alias = Web Publishing
NS-doc-root = C:/Netscape/server4/docs
NS-url-base = /
NS-display-select = YES
The variables in your
dblist.ini
file may differ according to the type of
collections you are using, Table 11.9 contains some of the more commonly
found collection-specific variables.
Table 16.9 Commonly found variables in dblist.ini
Variable Description
NS-collection-alias
The collection’s label. Can be specified more then once to search
multiple collections.
NS-doc-root
The root directory for the documents in the collection.
NS-display-select
This indicates whether the collection is displayed as part of the
collection information listing, when
NS-search-page=contents
.
The default is YES.
NS-highlight-start
Begin highlighting at this point in the displayed document. Typically
this highlights the search query criteria.
NS-highlight-end
End highlighting at this point in the displayed document.
NS-language
The language of the documents in the collection.
NS-record-pat
The pattern file to use when displaying a highlighted document
page.
NS-tocend-pat
The footer pattern file associated with a collection to be used when
formatting the search results.
NS-tocrec-pat
The record pattern file associated with a collection to be used when
formatting the search results.
NS-tocstart-pat
The header pattern file associated with a collection to be used when
formatting the search results.
NS-url-base
The base URL used when constructing the link used to locate the
file.