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clarification on the UPO for "suggest as you type" searching in MediaWiki
=== Native (Application) Search ===
Applications such as this wiki (mediawiki), and CMS systems (e.g. Drupal) obviously know their own content. So, if you are looking for something and want the best results for those applications, you should make use of the direct search facilities in the application. Note that this wiki and the CMS systems also provide an 'OpenSearch' implementation that lets you use your browser's search toolbar to directly search these applications.
The MediaWiki system now includes a Ajax 'suggest' feature while you type in the search box. Setting is a UPO or User Preference Option that you control in your user settings.
# [[mw:Search]] helps you learn and understand the search capabilities of this system
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That script (/wiki/opensearch_desc.php) generates xml output that the browser can interpret
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