[Koha-bugs] [Bug 24863] QueryFuzzy syspref says it requires Zebra but Elasticsearch has some support

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24863

--- Comment #3 from Lisette Scheer <lisetteslatah at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #2)
> If we make the syspref force all terms to be fuzzy when on, can we make it
> so that when the syspref is off the ~ still works to fuzzy an individual
> term? I agree that it's unreasonable to expect patrons to remember to use a
> fancy search trick like that, but I think the flexibility is good for staff
> users.

Agreed, the flexibility is nice for staff but our patrons have been somewhat
frustrated, espcially with titles that have apostrophes. 

(In reply to Nick Clemens from comment #0)
> The QueryFuzzy syspref affects zebra in that a fuzziness value is passed to
> the query, however, it simply allows or disallows the use of the fuzzy
> search option
> 
> To activate fuzziness on a term one must add '~'
> 
> Should turning on fuzziness do this automatically?

We have QueryFuzzy turned on and ~ does not seem to work to make a term fuzzy.
If it just did it automatically I think that would be better for our patrons.

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