Release v0.7

The current expanding setting resizes, somehow, the mainwindow
when a path name is quite long.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 # looqs: Release notes
+## 2022-09-10 - v0.7
+
+CHANGES:
+
+ - GUI: Add vertical scroll option, default to it. Most feedback considered horizontal scrolling unnatural.
+ - GUI: Previews: Improve plaintext preview snippet selection by prioritizing those which contain the most search terms
+ - GUI: Previews: Only highlight whole words, not parts in words.
+ - GUI: Previews: Don't treat text wrapped inside '<' '>' in plaintext files as HTMl tags which caused such text to get lost in previews.
+ - GUI: Avoid triggering preview generation in some cases even when previews tab is not the active one
+ - GUI: Implement a search history. Allow going up/down with arrow keys in the search field.
+ - GUI: Previews: Allow CTRL + mouse wheel to zoom in on previews
+ - General: Fix an incorrect sqlite query which caused the ranking information of search results to be lost. "All files" filter in the previews tab therefore now orders by the seemingly most relevant pages, across all documents.
+ - General: Fix handling of content search queries with prefix terms (those ending in '*').
+ - GUI: Show how many results are previewable.
+ - GUI: Refactor to improve stability of sandboxed IPC worker in order to avoid rare segfaults.
+
 ## 2022-08-14 - v0.6
 This release features multiple fixes and enhancements.
 

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ There is no need to write the long form of filters. There are also booleans avai
 The screenshots in this section may occasionally be slightly outdated, but they are usually recent enough to get an overall impression of the current state of the GUI.
 
 ## Current status
-Latest version: 2022-08-14, v0.6
+Latest version: 2022-09-10, v0.7
 
 Please see [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for a human readable list of changes.
 

USAGE.md

@@ -47,16 +47,23 @@ you can quickly perform content searches in paths containing 'docs'.
 
 **CTRL + W**: Removes the last filter. If we take above's example "p:(docs) c:(invoice credit card)" again, then CTRL + W kills "c:(invoice credit card)".
 
+The arrow keys (up and down) can be used to go back and forward in the search history.
+
 ### Configuring PDF viewer
 It's most convenient if, when you click on a preview, the PDF reader opens the page you clicked. For that, looqs needs to know which viewer you want to launch.
 
 It tries to auto detect some common viewers. You must set the value in the "Settings" tab yourself if the
 default does not work for you. In the command line options, "%f" represents the filepath, "%p" the page number.
 
-### Preview tab
+### Previews tab
-The preview tab shows previews. It marks your search keywords too. Click on a preview to open the file.
+The 'previews' tab shows previews. It marks your search keywords too. Click on a preview to open the file.
 A right click on a preview allows you to copy the file path, or to open the containing folder.
 
+When the combobox is set to "All previews", the previews are ordered by relevance from all documents/pages.
+
+By default, a vertical scrolling is active. In the settings, it can be changed to horizontal scroll, which may be
+preferred by users of (larger) wide screen monitors.
+
 ### Syncing index
 Over time, files get deleted or their content changes. Go to **looqs** -> **Sync index**. looqs will reindex the content of files which have been changed. Files that cannot be found anymore will be removed from the index.
 

cli/commandsearch.cpp

@@ -33,11 +33,18 @@ int CommandSearch::handle(QStringList arguments)
 
 	try
 	{
+
+		QHash<QString, bool> seenMap;
 		auto results = dbService->search(query);
 
-		for(SearchResult &result : results)
+		for(const SearchResult &result : results)
 		{
-			Logger::info() << result.fileData.absPath << Qt::endl;
+			const QString &absPath = result.fileData.absPath;
+			if(!seenMap.contains(absPath))
+			{
+				seenMap[absPath] = true;
+				Logger::info() << absPath << Qt::endl;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	catch(LooqsGeneralException &e)

gui/ipcpreviewworker.cpp

@@ -1,16 +1,50 @@
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 #include "ipcpreviewworker.h"
 #include "previewgeneratormapfunctor.h"
-IPCPreviewWorker::IPCPreviewWorker()
+IPCPreviewWorker::IPCPreviewWorker(QLocalSocket *peer)
 {
+	this->peer = peer;
 	this->connect(&previewWorkerWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<QByteArray>::resultReadyAt, this,
-				  [this](int index) { emit previewGenerated(previewWorkerWatcher.resultAt(index)); });
+				  [this](int index)
-	connect(&previewWorkerWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<QByteArray>::finished, this, [this] { emit finished(); });
+				  {
+					  if(this->peer != nullptr)
+					  {
+						  QDataStream stream{this->peer};
+						  stream << previewWorkerWatcher.resultAt(index);
+						  this->peer->flush();
+					  }
+				  });
+	connect(&previewWorkerWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<QByteArray>::finished, this, &IPCPreviewWorker::shutdownSocket);
+	connect(this->peer, &QLocalSocket::disconnected, this, &IPCPreviewWorker::shutdownSocket);
 }
 
-void IPCPreviewWorker::start(RenderConfig config, const QVector<RenderTarget> &targets, QLocalSocket *peer)
+void IPCPreviewWorker::shutdownSocket()
+{
+	if(cleaned)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	cleaned = true;
+	if(this->peer != nullptr)
+	{
+		if(this->peer->state() == QLocalSocket::ConnectedState)
+		{
+			this->peer->flush();
+			this->peer->waitForBytesWritten();
+			this->peer->disconnectFromServer();
+			if(this->peer->state() != QLocalSocket::UnconnectedState)
+			{
+				this->peer->waitForDisconnected();
+			}
+		}
+		delete this->peer;
+		this->peer = nullptr;
+	}
+	emit finished();
+}
+
+void IPCPreviewWorker::start(RenderConfig config, const QVector<RenderTarget> &targets)
 {
-	stop();
 	auto mapFunctor = PreviewGeneratorMapFunctor();
 	mapFunctor.setRenderConfig(config);
 

gui/ipcpreviewworker.h

@@ -11,13 +11,21 @@ class IPCPreviewWorker : public QObject
 	Q_OBJECT
   private:
 	QFutureWatcher<QByteArray> previewWorkerWatcher;
+	QLocalSocket *peer;
+	bool cleaned = false;
 
   public:
-	IPCPreviewWorker();
+	IPCPreviewWorker(QLocalSocket *peer);
-	void start(RenderConfig config, const QVector<RenderTarget> &targets, QLocalSocket *peer);
+	void start(RenderConfig config, const QVector<RenderTarget> &targets);
 	void stop();
+	~IPCPreviewWorker()
+	{
+		delete this->peer;
+	}
+  private slots:
+	void shutdownSocket();
+
   signals:
-	void previewGenerated(QByteArray);
 	void finished();
 };
 

gui/ipcserver.cpp

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ IpcServer::IpcServer()
 	/* Only 1, we are doing work for the GUI, not a service for general availability */
 	this->spawningServer.setMaxPendingConnections(1);
 	connect(&this->spawningServer, &QLocalServer::newConnection, this, &IpcServer::spawnerNewConnection);
-	connect(&this->previewWorker, &IPCPreviewWorker::previewGenerated, this, &IpcServer::handlePreviewGenerated);
-	connect(&this->previewWorker, &IPCPreviewWorker::finished, this, [this] { this->currentSocket->flush(); });
 }
 
 bool IpcServer::startSpawner(QString socketPath)
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@ bool IpcServer::startSpawner(QString socketPath)
 void IpcServer::spawnerNewConnection()
 {
 	QLocalSocket *socket = this->spawningServer.nextPendingConnection();
-	connect(socket, &QLocalSocket::disconnected, socket, &QLocalSocket::deleteLater);
-	this->currentSocket = socket;
 	if(socket != nullptr)
 	{
 		if(!socket->waitForReadyRead())
@@ -53,21 +49,22 @@ void IpcServer::spawnerNewConnection()
 				stream.startTransaction();
 				stream >> renderConfig >> targets;
 			} while(!stream.commitTransaction() && socket->state() == QLocalSocket::ConnectedState);
-
+			if(socket->state() == QLocalSocket::ConnectedState)
-			stream << targets.count();
+			{
-			socket->flush();
+				stream << targets.count();
-			previewWorker.start(renderConfig, targets, socket);
+				socket->flush();
+				IPCPreviewWorker *previewWorker = new IPCPreviewWorker(socket);
+				connect(previewWorker, &IPCPreviewWorker::finished, this, [previewWorker] { delete previewWorker; });
+				previewWorker->start(renderConfig, targets);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				delete socket;
+			}
 		}
 		if(command == StopGeneratePreviews)
 		{
-			previewWorker.stop();
+			/* TODO: implement */
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-void IpcServer::handlePreviewGenerated(QByteArray ba)
-{
-	QDataStream stream{this->currentSocket};
-	stream << ba;
-	this->currentSocket->flush();
-}

gui/ipcserver.h

@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ class IpcServer : public QObject
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
   private:
-	IPCPreviewWorker previewWorker;
 	QLocalServer spawningServer;
-	QLocalSocket *currentSocket = nullptr;
 	SaveFileResult addFile(QString file);
   private slots:
 	void spawnerNewConnection();
-	void handlePreviewGenerated(QByteArray ba);
 
   public:
 	IpcServer();

gui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QScreen>
 #include <QProgressDialog>
+#include <QDesktopWidget>
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 #include "clicklabel.h"
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent, QString socketPath)
 	QString ignorePatterns = settings.value("ignorePatterns").toString();
 	ui->txtIgnorePatterns->setText(ignorePatterns);
 
+	QStringList searchHistoryList = settings.value(SETTINGS_KEY_SEARCHHISTORY).toStringList();
+	this->searchHistory = searchHistoryList.toVector();
+	this->currentSearchHistoryIndex = this->searchHistory.size();
+
 	ui->spinPreviewPage->setValue(1);
 	ui->spinPreviewPage->setMinimum(1);
 
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent, QString socketPath)
 	policy.setRetainSizeWhenHidden(true);
 	ui->btnOpenFailed->setSizePolicy(policy);
 
+	ui->txtSearch->installEventFilter(this);
+	ui->scrollArea->viewport()->installEventFilter(this);
+
 	this->ipcClientThread.start();
 }
 
@@ -191,7 +199,14 @@ void MainWindow::connectSignals()
 	connect(ui->btnSaveSettings, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &MainWindow::saveSettings);
 	connect(ui->btnOpenFailed, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &MainWindow::exportFailedPaths);
 	connect(
-		ui->comboPreviewFiles, qOverload<int>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged), this, [&]() { makePreviews(1); },
+		ui->comboPreviewFiles, qOverload<int>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged), this,
+		[&]()
+		{
+			if(this->previewTabActive())
+			{
+				makePreviews(1);
+			}
+		},
 		Qt::QueuedConnection);
 	connect(&ipcPreviewClient, &IPCPreviewClient::previewReceived, this, &MainWindow::previewReceived,
 			Qt::QueuedConnection);
@@ -201,6 +216,7 @@ void MainWindow::connectSignals()
 				this->ui->previewProcessBar->setValue(this->ui->previewProcessBar->maximum());
 				this->ui->spinPreviewPage->setEnabled(true);
 				this->ui->comboPreviewFiles->setEnabled(true);
+				ui->txtSearch->setEnabled(true);
 			});
 	connect(&ipcPreviewClient, &IPCPreviewClient::error, this,
 			[this](QString msg)
@@ -437,6 +453,86 @@ void MainWindow::processShortcut(int key)
 	}
 }
 
+bool MainWindow::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
+{
+	if(object == ui->txtSearch && !searchHistory.empty())
+	{
+		if(event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
+		{
+			QKeyEvent *keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
+			if(keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Up)
+			{
+				if(this->currentSavedSearchText.isEmpty())
+				{
+					this->currentSavedSearchText = ui->txtSearch->text();
+				}
+				if(this->currentSearchHistoryIndex <= 0)
+				{
+					return true;
+				}
+				--this->currentSearchHistoryIndex;
+				QString text = this->searchHistory.at(this->currentSearchHistoryIndex);
+				ui->txtSearch->setText(text);
+				return true;
+			}
+			else if(keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Down)
+			{
+				if(this->currentSearchHistoryIndex == searchHistory.size() - 1)
+				{
+					if(!this->currentSavedSearchText.isEmpty())
+					{
+						ui->txtSearch->setText(this->currentSavedSearchText);
+						this->currentSavedSearchText.clear();
+						++this->currentSearchHistoryIndex;
+					}
+					return true;
+				}
+				if(this->currentSearchHistoryIndex < searchHistory.size() - 1)
+				{
+					++this->currentSearchHistoryIndex;
+					QString text = this->searchHistory.at(this->currentSearchHistoryIndex);
+					ui->txtSearch->setText(text);
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this->currentSavedSearchText.clear();
+				/* Off by one on purpose so Key_Up decrements it again and lands at
+				 * the last entry */
+				this->currentSearchHistoryIndex = this->searchHistory.size();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if(object == ui->scrollArea->viewport())
+	{
+		if(event->type() == QEvent::Wheel)
+		{
+			QWheelEvent *wheelEvent = static_cast<QWheelEvent *>(event);
+			if(wheelEvent->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier)
+			{
+				if(wheelEvent->angleDelta().y() > 0)
+				{
+					if(ui->comboScale->currentIndex() < ui->comboScale->count() - 1)
+					{
+						ui->comboScale->setCurrentIndex(ui->comboScale->currentIndex() + 1);
+					}
+				}
+
+				else
+				{
+					if(ui->comboScale->currentIndex() > 0)
+					{
+						ui->comboScale->setCurrentIndex(ui->comboScale->currentIndex() - 1);
+					}
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return QMainWindow::eventFilter(object, event);
+}
+
 void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
 {
 	bool quit =
@@ -498,6 +594,9 @@ void MainWindow::initSettingsTabs()
 	ui->txtSettingMountPaths->setText(mountPaths);
 	ui->spinSettingNumerPerPages->setValue(numPagesPerPreview);
 	ui->txtSettingDatabasePath->setText(databasePath);
+	bool horizontalScroll = settings.value(SETTINGS_KEY_PREVIEWS_SCROLL_HORIZONTALLY).toBool();
+	ui->radioScrollHorizontally->setChecked(horizontalScroll);
+	ui->radioScrollVertically->setChecked(!horizontalScroll);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::saveSettings()
@@ -525,6 +624,7 @@ void MainWindow::saveSettings()
 	settings.setValue(SETTINGS_KEY_MOUNTPATHS, mountPaths);
 	settings.setValue(SETTINGS_KEY_PREVIEWSPERPAGE, ui->spinSettingNumerPerPages->value());
 	settings.setValue(SETTINGS_KEY_DBPATH, databasePath);
+	settings.setValue(SETTINGS_KEY_PREVIEWS_SCROLL_HORIZONTALLY, ui->radioScrollHorizontally->isChecked());
 
 	settings.sync();
 
@@ -548,6 +648,7 @@ void MainWindow::previewReceived(QSharedPointer<PreviewResult> preview, unsigned
 		headerLabel->setText(QString("Path: ") + preview->getDocumentPath());
 
 		ClickLabel *label = dynamic_cast<ClickLabel *>(preview->createPreviewWidget());
+		label->setMaximumWidth(QApplication::desktop()->availableGeometry().width() - 200);
 
 		QVBoxLayout *previewLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
 
@@ -579,6 +680,7 @@ void MainWindow::previewReceived(QSharedPointer<PreviewResult> preview, unsigned
 		previewLayout->setMargin(0);
 		previewLayout->insertStretch(0, 1);
 		previewLayout->insertStretch(-1, 1);
+		previewLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
 		QWidget *previewWidget = new QWidget();
 
 		previewWidget->setLayout(previewLayout);
@@ -600,6 +702,14 @@ void MainWindow::lineEditReturnPressed()
 		ui->tabWidget->setCurrentIndex(0);
 	}
 	// TODO: validate q;
+	while(this->searchHistory.size() > 30)
+	{
+		this->searchHistory.removeFirst();
+	}
+	this->searchHistory.append(q);
+	this->currentSearchHistoryIndex = this->searchHistory.size();
+	this->currentSavedSearchText.clear();
+
 	ui->treeResultsList->clear();
 	ui->lblSearchResults->setText("Searching...");
 	this->ui->txtSearch->setEnabled(false);
@@ -699,35 +809,42 @@ void MainWindow::handleSearchResults(const QVector<SearchResult> &results)
 	ui->comboPreviewFiles->clear();
 	ui->comboPreviewFiles->addItem("All previews");
 	ui->comboPreviewFiles->setVisible(true);
+	ui->lblTotalPreviewPagesCount->setText("");
 
 	bool hasDeleted = false;
+	QHash<QString, bool> seenMap;
 	for(const SearchResult &result : results)
 	{
-		QFileInfo pathInfo(result.fileData.absPath);
+		const QString &absPath = result.fileData.absPath;
+		QFileInfo pathInfo(absPath);
 
-		QString fileName = pathInfo.fileName();
+		if(!seenMap.contains(absPath))
-		QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem(ui->treeResultsList);
+		{
+			QString fileName = pathInfo.fileName();
+			QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem(ui->treeResultsList);
 
-		QDateTime dt = QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch(result.fileData.mtime);
+			QDateTime dt = QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch(result.fileData.mtime);
-		item->setIcon(0, iconProvider.icon(pathInfo));
+			item->setIcon(0, iconProvider.icon(pathInfo));
-		item->setText(0, fileName);
+			item->setText(0, fileName);
-		item->setText(1, result.fileData.absPath);
+			item->setText(1, absPath);
-		item->setText(2, dt.toString(Qt::ISODate));
+			item->setText(2, dt.toString(Qt::ISODate));
-		item->setText(3, this->locale().formattedDataSize(result.fileData.size));
+			item->setText(3, this->locale().formattedDataSize(result.fileData.size));
+		}
 		bool exists = pathInfo.exists();
 		if(exists)
 		{
-			if(!result.wasContentSearch)
+			if(result.wasContentSearch)
 			{
-				continue;
+				if(!pathInfo.suffix().contains("htm")) // hack until we can preview them properly...
-			}
-
-			if(!pathInfo.suffix().contains("htm")) // hack until we can preview them properly...
-			{
-				if(PreviewGenerator::get(pathInfo) != nullptr)
 				{
-					this->previewableSearchResults.append(result);
+					if(PreviewGenerator::get(pathInfo) != nullptr)
-					ui->comboPreviewFiles->addItem(result.fileData.absPath);
+					{
+						this->previewableSearchResults.append(result);
+						if(!seenMap.contains(result.fileData.absPath))
+						{
+							ui->comboPreviewFiles->addItem(result.fileData.absPath);
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -735,7 +852,9 @@ void MainWindow::handleSearchResults(const QVector<SearchResult> &results)
 		{
 			hasDeleted = true;
 		}
+		seenMap[absPath] = true;
 	}
+
 	ui->treeResultsList->resizeColumnToContents(0);
 	ui->treeResultsList->resizeColumnToContents(1);
 	ui->treeResultsList->resizeColumnToContents(2);
@@ -749,6 +868,7 @@ void MainWindow::handleSearchResults(const QVector<SearchResult> &results)
 	}
 
 	QString statusText = "Results: " + QString::number(results.size()) + " files";
+	statusText += ", previewable: " + QString::number(this->previewableSearchResults.count());
 	if(hasDeleted)
 	{
 		statusText += " WARNING: Some files are inaccessible. No preview available for those. Index may be out of sync";
@@ -771,7 +891,17 @@ void MainWindow::makePreviews(int page)
 	}
 	qDeleteAll(ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->children());
 
-	ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->setLayout(new QHBoxLayout());
+	QSettings settings;
+	bool horizontalScroll = settings.value(SETTINGS_KEY_PREVIEWS_SCROLL_HORIZONTALLY, false).toBool();
+	if(horizontalScroll)
+	{
+		ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->setLayout(new QHBoxLayout());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->setLayout(new QVBoxLayout());
+		ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->layout()->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
+	}
 	ui->previewProcessBar->setMaximum(this->previewableSearchResults.size());
 	processedPdfPreviews = 0;
 
@@ -820,12 +950,8 @@ void MainWindow::makePreviews(int page)
 		}
 		RenderTarget renderTarget;
 		renderTarget.path = sr.fileData.absPath;
-
+		renderTarget.page = (int)sr.page;
-		for(unsigned int pagenum : sr.pages)
+		targets.append(renderTarget);
-		{
-			renderTarget.page = (int)pagenum;
-			targets.append(renderTarget);
-		}
 	}
 	int numpages = ceil(static_cast<double>(targets.size()) / previewsPerPage);
 	ui->spinPreviewPage->setMaximum(numpages);
@@ -839,6 +965,7 @@ void MainWindow::makePreviews(int page)
 	++this->currentPreviewGeneration;
 	this->ui->spinPreviewPage->setEnabled(false);
 	this->ui->comboPreviewFiles->setEnabled(false);
+	this->ui->txtSearch->setEnabled(false);
 	emit startIpcPreviews(renderConfig, targets);
 }
 
@@ -925,3 +1052,11 @@ MainWindow::~MainWindow()
 	delete this->indexer;
 	delete ui;
 }
+
+void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
+{
+	QStringList list = this->searchHistory.toList();
+	QSettings settings;
+	settings.setValue(SETTINGS_KEY_SEARCHHISTORY, list);
+	settings.sync();
+}

gui/mainwindow.h

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 	void beginSearch(const QString &query);
 	void startPdfPreviewGeneration(QVector<SearchResult> paths, double scalefactor);
 
+  protected:
+	void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event) override;
+
   private:
 	DatabaseFactory *dbFactory;
 	SqliteDbService *dbService;
@@ -64,7 +67,11 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 	void initSettingsTabs();
 	int currentSelectedScale();
 	void processShortcut(int key);
-private slots:
+	bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event);
+	QVector<QString> searchHistory;
+	int currentSearchHistoryIndex = 0;
+	QString currentSavedSearchText;
+  private slots:
 	void lineEditReturnPressed();
 	void treeSearchItemActivated(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int i);
 	void showSearchResultsContextMenu(const QPoint &point);

gui/mainwindow.ui

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>1280</width>
-    <height>855</height>
+    <height>923</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
              <x>0</x>
              <y>0</y>
              <width>1244</width>
-             <height>565</height>
+             <height>633</height>
             </rect>
            </property>
            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout"/>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
           <item>
            <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboPreviewFiles">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
-             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Maximum" vsizetype="Fixed">
               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
              </sizepolicy>
@@ -542,6 +542,19 @@
           </layout>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item>
+         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>20</width>
+            <height>40</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QGroupBox" name="Misc">
           <property name="title">
@@ -551,7 +564,7 @@
            <item>
             <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_9">
              <item>
-              <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="lblMaxNumbersPreviewPages">
                <property name="text">
                 <string>Max number of previews per 'page' in 'Previews' tab: </string>
                </property>
@@ -575,22 +588,47 @@
              </item>
             </layout>
            </item>
+           <item>
+            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_8">
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="lblScrollModeForPreviews">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Scroll mode for previews:</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioScrollVertically">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Vertically</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioScrollHorizontally">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Horizontally</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item>
+              <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_6">
+               <property name="orientation">
+                <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+               </property>
+               <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                <size>
+                 <width>40</width>
+                 <height>20</height>
+                </size>
+               </property>
+              </spacer>
+             </item>
+            </layout>
+           </item>
           </layout>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item>
-         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
-          <property name="orientation">
-           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-           <size>
-            <width>20</width>
-            <height>40</height>
-           </size>
-          </property>
-         </spacer>
-        </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnSaveSettings">
           <property name="text">

gui/previewgeneratorpdf.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <QMutexLocker>
 #include <QPainter>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include "previewgeneratorpdf.h"
 
 static QMutex cacheMutex;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ Poppler::Document *PreviewGeneratorPdf::document(QString path)
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 	result->setRenderHint(Poppler::Document::TextAntialiasing);
+
 	QMutexLocker locker(&cacheMutex);
 	documentcache.insert(path, result);
 	locker.unlock();
@@ -45,7 +47,12 @@ QSharedPointer<PreviewResult> PreviewGeneratorPdf::generate(RenderConfig config,
 	QImage img = pdfPage->renderToImage(config.scaleX, config.scaleY);
 	for(QString &word : config.wordsToHighlight)
 	{
-		QList<QRectF> rects = pdfPage->search(word, Poppler::Page::SearchFlag::IgnoreCase);
+		QList<QRectF> rects =
+			pdfPage->search(word, Poppler::Page::SearchFlag::IgnoreCase | Poppler::Page::SearchFlag::WholeWords);
+		if(rects.empty())
+		{
+			rects = pdfPage->search(word, Poppler::Page::SearchFlag::IgnoreCase);
+		}
 		for(QRectF &rect : rects)
 		{
 			QPainter painter(&img);

gui/previewgeneratorplaintext.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <QTextStream>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 
 #include "previewgeneratorplaintext.h"
 #include "previewresultplaintext.h"
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ QString PreviewGeneratorPlainText::generatePreviewText(QString content, RenderCo
 		++i;
 	}
 
+	resulText = resulText.toHtmlEscaped();
 	QString header = "<b>" + fileName + "</b> ";
 	for(QString &word : config.wordsToHighlight)
 	{
@@ -74,10 +76,19 @@ QString PreviewGeneratorPlainText::generatePreviewText(QString content, RenderCo
 	return header + resulText.replace("\n", "<br>").mid(0, 1000);
 }
 
+struct Snippet
+{
+	/* Contains each line number and line of the snippet*/
+	QString snippetText;
+
+	/* How many times a word occurs in the snippetText */
+	QHash<QString, int> wordCountMap;
+};
+
 QString PreviewGeneratorPlainText::generateLineBasedPreviewText(QTextStream &in, RenderConfig config, QString fileName)
 {
-	QString resultText;
+	QVector<Snippet> snippets;
-	const unsigned int contextLinesCount = 2;
+	const int contextLinesCount = 2;
 	LimitQueue<QString> queue(contextLinesCount);
 	QString currentLine;
 	currentLine.reserve(512);
@@ -85,38 +96,73 @@ QString PreviewGeneratorPlainText::generateLineBasedPreviewText(QTextStream &in,
 	/* How many lines to read after a line with a match (like grep -A ) */
 	int justReadLinesCount = -1;
 
-	auto appendLine = [&resultText](int lineNumber, QString &line)
+	struct Snippet currentSnippet;
-	{ resultText.append(QString("<b>%1</b>%2<br>").arg(lineNumber).arg(line)); };
 
-	QHash<QString, int> countmap;
+	auto appendLine = [&currentSnippet, &config](int lineNumber, QString &line)
-	QString header = "<b>" + fileName + "</b> ";
-
-	unsigned int snippetsCount = 0;
-	unsigned int lineCount = 0;
-	while(in.readLineInto(&currentLine) && snippetsCount < MAX_SNIPPETS)
 	{
+		int foundWordsCount = 0;
+		for(QString &word : config.wordsToHighlight)
+		{
+			QRegularExpression searchRegex("\\b" + word + "\\b");
+			bool containsRegex = line.contains(searchRegex);
+			bool contains = false;
+			if(!containsRegex)
+			{
+				contains = line.contains(word, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+			}
+			if(containsRegex || contains)
+			{
+				currentSnippet.wordCountMap[word] = currentSnippet.wordCountMap.value(word, 0) + 1;
+				QString replacementString = "<span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">" + word + "</span>";
+				if(containsRegex)
+				{
+					line.replace(searchRegex, replacementString);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					line.replace(word, replacementString, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+				}
+				++foundWordsCount;
+			}
+		}
+		currentSnippet.snippetText.append(QString("<b>%1</b>%2<br>").arg(lineNumber).arg(line));
+		return foundWordsCount;
+	};
+
+	unsigned int lineCount = 0;
+	while(in.readLineInto(&currentLine))
+	{
+		currentLine = currentLine.toHtmlEscaped();
 		++lineCount;
 		bool matched = false;
 		if(justReadLinesCount > 0)
 		{
-			appendLine(lineCount, currentLine);
+
-			--justReadLinesCount;
+			int result = appendLine(lineCount, currentLine);
+			if(justReadLinesCount == 1 && result > 0)
+			{
+				justReadLinesCount = contextLinesCount;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				--justReadLinesCount;
+			}
+
 			continue;
 		}
 		if(justReadLinesCount == 0)
 		{
-			resultText += "---<br>";
+			currentSnippet.snippetText += "---<br>";
 			justReadLinesCount = -1;
-			++snippetsCount;
+			snippets.append(currentSnippet);
+			currentSnippet = {};
 		}
 		for(QString &word : config.wordsToHighlight)
 		{
 			if(currentLine.contains(word, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
 			{
-				countmap[word] = countmap.value(word, 0) + 1;
 				matched = true;
-				currentLine.replace(word, "<span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">" + word + "</span>",
+				break;
-									Qt::CaseInsensitive);
 			}
 		}
 		if(matched)
@@ -125,7 +171,6 @@ QString PreviewGeneratorPlainText::generateLineBasedPreviewText(QTextStream &in,
 			{
 				int queuedLineCount = lineCount - queue.size();
 				QString queuedLine = queue.dequeue();
-
 				appendLine(queuedLineCount, queuedLine);
 			}
 			appendLine(lineCount, currentLine);
@@ -137,13 +182,77 @@ QString PreviewGeneratorPlainText::generateLineBasedPreviewText(QTextStream &in,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if(!currentSnippet.snippetText.isEmpty())
+	{
+		currentSnippet.snippetText += "---<br>";
+		snippets.append(currentSnippet);
+	}
+
+	std::sort(snippets.begin(), snippets.end(),
+			  [](Snippet &a, Snippet &b)
+			  {
+				  int differentWordsA = 0;
+				  int totalWordsA = 0;
+				  int differentWordsB = 0;
+				  int totalWordsB = 0;
+				  for(int count : a.wordCountMap.values())
+				  {
+					  if(count > 0)
+					  {
+						  ++differentWordsA;
+					  }
+					  totalWordsA += count;
+				  }
+				  for(int count : b.wordCountMap.values())
+				  {
+					  if(count > 0)
+					  {
+						  ++differentWordsB;
+					  }
+					  totalWordsB += count;
+				  }
+
+				  if(differentWordsA > differentWordsB)
+				  {
+					  return true;
+				  }
+				  if(differentWordsA == differentWordsB)
+				  {
+					  return totalWordsA > totalWordsB;
+				  }
+				  return false;
+			  });
+
+	QString resultText = "";
+
+	unsigned int snippetsCount = 0;
+
+	QString header = "<b>" + fileName + "</b> ";
+
+	QHash<QString, int> totalWordCountMap;
+	bool isTruncated = false;
+	for(Snippet &snippet : snippets)
+	{
+		if(snippetsCount++ < MAX_SNIPPETS)
+		{
+			resultText += snippet.snippetText;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			isTruncated = true;
+		}
+		for(auto it = snippet.wordCountMap.keyValueBegin(); it != snippet.wordCountMap.keyValueEnd(); it++)
+		{
+			totalWordCountMap[it->first] = totalWordCountMap.value(it->first, 0) + it->second;
+		}
+	}
+	if(isTruncated)
+	{
+		header += "(truncated) ";
+	}
 	for(QString &word : config.wordsToHighlight)
 	{
-		header += word + ": " + QString::number(countmap[word]) + " ";
+		header += word + ": " + QString::number(totalWordCountMap[word]) + " ";
-	}
-	if(snippetsCount == MAX_SNIPPETS)
-	{
-		header += "(truncated)";
 	}
 	header += "<hr>";
 

shared/common.h

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #define SETTINGS_KEY_EXCLUDEDPATHS "excludedpaths"
 #define SETTINGS_KEY_MOUNTPATHS "mountpaths"
 #define SETTINGS_KEY_PREVIEWSPERPAGE "previewsPerPage"
+#define SETTINGS_KEY_SEARCHHISTORY "searchhistory"
+#define SETTINGS_KEY_PREVIEWS_SCROLL_HORIZONTALLY "horizontalscroll"
 
 namespace Common
 {

shared/limitqueue.h

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ template <class T> class LimitQueue
 {
   protected:
 	QQueue<T> queue;
-	unsigned int limit = 0;
+	int limit = 0;
 
   public:
 	LimitQueue();
-	LimitQueue(unsigned int limit)
+	LimitQueue(int limit)
 	{
 		this->limit = limit;
 	}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ template <class T> class LimitQueue
 		return queue.dequeue();
 	}
 
-	void setLimit(unsigned int limit)
+	void setLimit(int limit)
 	{
 		this->limit = limit;
 	}

shared/searchresult.h

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class SearchResult
 {
   public:
 	FileData fileData;
-	QVector<unsigned int> pages;
+	unsigned int page;
 	bool wasContentSearch = false;
 };
 

shared/sqlitesearch.cpp

@@ -78,12 +78,17 @@ QString SqliteSearch::escapeFtsArgument(QString ftsArg)
 		if(value.isEmpty())
 		{
 			value = m.captured(2);
+			if(value.endsWith('*'))
+			{
+				value = value.mid(0, value.size() - 1);
+			}
+			result += "\"" + value + "\"*";
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			value = "\"\"" + value + "\"\"";
+			result += "\"" + value + "\" ";
 		}
-		result += "\"" + value + "\" ";
 	}
 	return result;
 }
@@ -189,10 +194,9 @@ QSqlQuery SqliteSearch::makeSqlQuery(const LooqsQuery &query)
 				sortSql = "ORDER BY rank";
 			}
 		}
-		prepSql =
+		prepSql = "SELECT file.path AS path,  content.page AS page, file.mtime AS mtime, file.size AS size, "
-			"SELECT file.path AS path, group_concat(content.page) AS pages, file.mtime AS mtime, file.size AS size, "
+				  "file.filetype AS filetype FROM file INNER JOIN content ON file.id = content.fileid " +
-			"file.filetype AS filetype FROM file INNER JOIN content ON file.id = content.fileid " +
+				  joinSql + " WHERE 1=1 AND " + whereSql + " " + sortSql;
-			joinSql + " WHERE 1=1 AND " + whereSql + " GROUP BY file.path  " + sortSql;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ QSqlQuery SqliteSearch::makeSqlQuery(const LooqsQuery &query)
 		{
 			sortSql = "ORDER BY file.mtime DESC";
 		}
-		prepSql = "SELECT file.path AS path, '0' as pages,  file.mtime AS mtime, file.size AS size, file.filetype AS "
+		prepSql = "SELECT file.path AS path, '0' as page,  file.mtime AS mtime, file.size AS size, file.filetype AS "
 				  "filetype FROM file WHERE  1=1 AND " +
 				  whereSql + " " + sortSql;
 	}
@@ -243,15 +247,7 @@ QVector<SearchResult> SqliteSearch::search(const LooqsQuery &query)
 		result.fileData.mtime = dbQuery.value("mtime").toUInt();
 		result.fileData.size = dbQuery.value("size").toUInt();
 		result.fileData.filetype = dbQuery.value("filetype").toChar();
-		QString pages = dbQuery.value("pages").toString();
+		result.page = dbQuery.value("page").toUInt();
-		QStringList pagesList = pages.split(",");
-		for(QString &page : pagesList)
-		{
-			if(page != "")
-			{
-				result.pages.append(page.toUInt());
-			}
-		}
 		result.wasContentSearch = contentSearch;
 		results.append(result);
 	}