Better hints.

marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/search/EdgeSearchOperator.java

@@ -189,7 +189,18 @@ public class EdgeSearchOperator {
         }
 
         resultList.sort(resultListComparator);
-        resultList.removeIf(new UrlDeduplicator(processedQuery.specs.limitByDomain)::shouldRemove);
+
+        UrlDeduplicator deduplicator = new UrlDeduplicator(processedQuery.specs.limitByDomain);
+        List<EdgeUrlDetails> retList = new ArrayList<>(processedQuery.specs.limitTotal);
+
+        for (var item : resultList) {
+            if (retList.size() >= processedQuery.specs.limitTotal)
+                break;
+
+            if (!deduplicator.shouldRemove(item)) {
+                retList.add(item);
+            }
+        }
 
         return new DecoratedSearchResultSet(resultList);
     }
@@ -207,16 +218,13 @@ public class EdgeSearchOperator {
                 problems.add("Try rephrasing the query, changing the word order or using synonyms to get different results. <a href=\"https://memex.marginalia.nu/projects/edge/search-tips.gmi\">Tips</a>.");
             }
 
-            if (humanQuery.toLowerCase().matches(".*(definition|define).*")) {
+            Set<String> representativeKeywords = processedQuery.getAllKeywords();
+            if (representativeKeywords.size()>1 && (representativeKeywords.contains("definition") || representativeKeywords.contains("define") || representativeKeywords.contains("meaning")))
+            {
                 problems.add("Tip: Try using a query that looks like <tt>define:word</tt> if you want a dictionary definition");
             }
         }
 
-        if (humanQuery.contains("/")) {
-            problems.clear();
-            problems.add("<b>There is a known bug with search terms that contain a slash that causes them to be marked as unsupported; as a workaround, try using a dash instead. AC-DC will work, AC/DC does not.</b>");
-        }
-
         return problems;
     }
 
@@ -289,22 +297,15 @@ public class EdgeSearchOperator {
         EdgeSearchResultSet resultSet = indexClient.query(ctx, processedQuery.specs);
         Set<EdgeUrlDetails> ret = new HashSet<>();
 
-        logger.debug("{}", resultSet);
+        for (IndexBlock block : IndexBlock.values()) {
-
-        for (IndexBlock block : indexBlockSearchOrder) {
             var results = resultSet.resultsList.getOrDefault(block, Collections.emptyList());
 
-            for (var result : resultDecorator.getAllUrlDetails(results, block)) {
+            ret.addAll(resultDecorator.getAllUrlDetails(results, block));
-                if (ret.size() > 100) break;
-                ret.add(result);
-            }
         }
 
         return ret;
     }
 
-    static final IndexBlock[] indexBlockSearchOrder = Arrays.stream(IndexBlock.values()).sorted(Comparator.comparing(i -> i.sortOrder)).toArray(IndexBlock[]::new);
-
     private Iterable<String> spellCheckTerms(Context ctx, EdgeSearchQuery disjointedQuery) {
         return Observable.fromIterable(disjointedQuery.searchTermsHuman)
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())

marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/search/query/model/EdgeSearchQuery.java

@@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ public class EdgeSearchQuery {
         specs = justSpecs;
     }
 
+    public Set<String> getAllKeywords() {
+        Set<String> keywords = new HashSet<>(100);
+        for (var sq : specs.subqueries) {
+            keywords.addAll(sq.searchTermsInclude);
+        }
+        return keywords;
+    }
 }

marginalia_nu/src/main/resources/static/edge/style-new.css

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ article > section > p { display: none; }
 
 .problems ul {
   flex-grow: 1;
+  margin-left: -1em;
 }
 
 .card .description {

marginalia_nu/src/main/resources/templates/edge/search-results.hdb

@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
     </section>
     {{/if}}
 
+    {{#unless evalResult}}{{#if problems}}<section class="card problems onlyscreen"><h2>Suggestions</h2><ul class="onlyscreen search-problems">{{#each problems}}<li>{{{.}}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></section> {{/if}}{{/unless}}
+
     {{#each results}}{{>edge/search-result}}{{/each}}
 
-    {{#unless evalResult}}{{#if problems}}<section class="card problems onlyscreen"><h2>Suggestions</h2><ul class="onlyscreen search-problems">{{#each problems}}<li>{{{.}}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></section> {{/if}}{{/unless}}
 </section>
 </article>