Add installation instructions to README

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-2.5-pro) <aider@aider.chat>

.gitignore

@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ dist
 coverage
 package-lock.json
 Doc Omnisearch/.obsidian
+.aider*

README.md

@@ -1,23 +1,83 @@
-# Omnisearch for Obsidian
+# Tannersearch for Obsidian
 
-[![Sponsor me](https://img.shields.io/badge/%E2%9D%A4%20Like%20this%20plugin%3F-Sponsor%20me!-ff69b4)](https://github.com/sponsors/scambier)  
-![Obsidian plugin](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscambier.xyz%2Fobsidian-endpoints%2Fomnisearch.json)
-![GitHub release (latest by date and asset)](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch/latest/main.js)  
-![GitHub release (latest by date including pre-releases)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch)
-![GitHub release (latest by date including pre-releases)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch?include_prereleases&label=BRAT%20beta)
+This is a fork of [obsidian-omnisearch](https://github.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch) (by [@scambier](https://github.com/scambier)) with the following changes:
 
-> 🏆 Winner of the _[2023 Gems of the Year](https://obsidian.md/blog/2023-goty-winners/)_ in the "Existing plugin" category 🏆
+When opening a result, the cursor placement prioritizes note titles over headings over content
+- this means if the note's name matches your search, it opens at the top instead of on a random match in the middle of the note
+
+Search terms aren't split on apostrophes
+- searching for "Sun's BBQ" searches for ["Sun's", "BBQ"] instead of ["Sun", "s", "BBQ"]
+
+Search terms less than 3 characters long or common words are ignored
+- ignored words: "a", "an", "the", "and", "or", "but", "if", "in", "on", "at", "by", "for", "with", "to", "from", "of", "is", "it", "that", "this"
+
+The first line of a paragraph is ranked like Heading 3 if it ends in a colon
+- for example,
+
+```
+Japan trip:
+- passport
+- cash
+- umbrella
+```
+
+... "Japan trip:" is indexed and ranked the same as "### Japan trip"
+
+If the first paragraph of a note contains a line like "aka other name", then "other name" is ranked like H1
+- for example,
+
+```
+see also: [[Travel General]]
+Aka: packing list
+
+content
+```
+
+... "packing list" is indexed and ranked the same as "# packing list". Note that "Aka:" isn't case or colon sensitive.
 
 
----
+### Fork Installation
+
+Ensure the original Omnisearch plugin is installed, see instructions below.
+
+Download main.js into your `.obsidian/plugins/omnisearch` directory, example:
+
+```
+$ cd ~/notes/.obsidian/plugins/omnisearch
+$ mv main.js main.js.bak
+$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tannercollin/obsidian-tannersearch/refs/heads/master/dist/main.js
+```
+
+In Obsidian, open Settings > Community Plugings. Disable and enable Omnisearch.
+
+Open Settings > Omnisearch. Scroll to bottom. Click "Clear cache" data.
+
+Restart Obsidian.
+
+Note: on mobile you'll have to use some sort of sync or downloader and move the main.js over to your vault.
+
+### Building the Fork
+
+If you'd rather build the fork yourself:
+
+```
+$ git clone https://github.com/tannercollin/obsidian-tannersearch.git
+$ cd obsidian-tannersearch/
+$ npm install --legacy-peer-deps
+$ npm run build
+```
+
+Then copy `dist/main.js` as above.
+
+
+
+# Original README
 
 **Omnisearch** is a search engine that "_just works_".  
 It always instantly shows you the most relevant results, thanks to its smart weighting algorithm.
 
 Under the hood, it uses the excellent [MiniSearch](https://github.com/lucaong/minisearch) library. This free plugin is totally unrelated to the omnisearch.ai paid product.
 
-![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch/master/images/omnisearch.gif)
-
 ## Documentation
 
 https://publish.obsidian.md/omnisearch/Index
@@ -72,5 +132,3 @@ Omnisearch is licensed under [GPL-3](https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-p
 
 To all people who donate through [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/scambier)
 or [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/scambier) ❤
-
-![JetBrains logo](https://resources.jetbrains.com/storage/products/company/brand/logos/jetbrains.svg)

src/globals.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export type AIImageAnalyzerAPI = {
 }
 
 export const SEPARATORS =
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+  /[|\t\n\r\^"= -#-%&(*,.`\/<>:;?@[-\]_{}\u00A0\u00A1\u00A7\u00AB\u00B6\u00B7\u00BB\u00BF\u037E\u0387\u055A-\u055F\u0589\u058A\u05BE\u05C0\u05C3\u05C6\u05F3\u05F4\u0609\u060A\u060C\u060D\u061B\u061E\u061F\u066A-\u066D\u06D4\u0700-\u070D\u07F7-\u07F9\u0830-\u083E\u085E\u0964\u0965\u0970\u09FD\u0A76\u0AF0\u0C77\u0C84\u0DF4\u0E4F\u0E5A\u0E5B\u0F04-\u0F12\u0F14\u0F3A-\u0F3D\u0F85\u0FD0-\u0FD4\u0FD9\u0FDA\u104A-\u104F\u10FB\u1360-\u1368\u1400\u166E\u1680\u169B\u169C\u16EB-\u16ED\u1735\u1736\u17D4-\u17D6\u17D8-\u17DA\u1800-\u180A\u1944\u1945\u1A1E\u1A1F\u1AA0-\u1AA6\u1AA8-\u1AAD\u1B5A-\u1B60\u1BFC-\u1BFF\u1C3B-\u1C3F\u1C7E\u1C7F\u1CC0-\u1CC7\u1CD3\u2000-\u200A\u2010-\u2017\u201A-\u2029\u202F-\u2043\u2045-\u2051\u2053-\u205F\u207D\u207E\u208D\u208E\u2308-\u230B\u2329\u232A\u2768-\u2775\u27C5\u27C6\u27E6-\u27EF\u2983-\u2998\u29D8-\u29DB\u29FC\u29FD\u2CF9-\u2CFC\u2CFE\u2CFF\u2D70\u2E00-\u2E2E\u2E30-\u2E4F\u3000-\u3003\u3008-\u3011\u3014-\u301F\u3030\u303D\u30A0\u30FB\uA4FE\uA4FF\uA60D-\uA60F\uA673\uA67E\uA6F2-\uA6F7\uA874-\uA877\uA8CE\uA8CF\uA8F8-\uA8FA\uA8FC\uA92E\uA92F\uA95F\uA9C1-\uA9CD\uA9DE\uA9DF\uAA5C-\uAA5F\uAADE\uAADF\uAAF0\uAAF1\uABEB\uFD3E\uFD3F\uFE10-\uFE19\uFE30-\uFE52\uFE54-\uFE61\uFE63\uFE68\uFE6A\uFE6B\uFF01-\uFF03\uFF05-\uFF0A\uFF0C-\uFF0F\uFF1A\uFF1B\uFF1F\uFF20\uFF3B-\uFF3D\uFF3F\uFF5B\uFF5D\uFF5F-\uFF65]/
     .toString()
     .slice(1, -1)
 export const SPACE_OR_PUNCTUATION = new RegExp(`${SEPARATORS}+`, 'u')

src/repositories/documents-repository.ts

@@ -229,6 +229,34 @@ export class DocumentsRepository {
         metadata?.frontmatter?.[this.plugin.settings.displayTitle] ?? ''
     }
     const tags = getTagsFromMetadata(metadata)
+    const headings1 = metadata ? extractHeadingsFromCache(metadata, 1) : []
+    const headings2 = metadata ? extractHeadingsFromCache(metadata, 2) : []
+    const headings3 = metadata ? extractHeadingsFromCache(metadata, 3) : []
+
+    const akaHeadings: string[] = content
+      .split(/\n\s*\n/)[0]
+      .split('\n')
+      .map(line => line.match(/^aka:?\s*(.+)$/i)?.[1]?.trim())
+      .filter((heading): heading is string => !!heading)
+
+    const lines = content.split('\n')
+    const colonHeadings: string[] = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+      const line = lines[i].trim()
+      if (line.endsWith(':')) {
+        const prevLine = i > 0 ? lines[i - 1].trim() : null
+        const nextLine = i < lines.length - 1 ? lines[i + 1].trim() : null
+
+        if (
+          prevLine === '' &&
+          nextLine !== null &&
+          nextLine !== ''
+        ) {
+          colonHeadings.push(line.slice(0, -1).trim())
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return {
       basename: file.basename,
       displayTitle,
@@ -241,15 +269,9 @@ export class DocumentsRepository {
       tags: tags,
       unmarkedTags: tags.map(t => t.replace('#', '')),
       aliases: getAliasesFromMetadata(metadata).join(''),
-      headings1: metadata
-        ? extractHeadingsFromCache(metadata, 1).join(' ')
-        : '',
-      headings2: metadata
-        ? extractHeadingsFromCache(metadata, 2).join(' ')
-        : '',
-      headings3: metadata
-        ? extractHeadingsFromCache(metadata, 3).join(' ')
-        : '',
+      headings1: [...headings1, ...akaHeadings].join(' '),
+      headings2: headings2.join(' '),
+      headings3: [...headings3, ...colonHeadings].join(' '),
     }
   }
 }

src/search/search-engine.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   type DocumentRef,
   type IndexedDocument,
   type ResultNote,
+  type SearchMatch,
 } from '../globals'
 
 import {
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ import { sortBy } from 'lodash-es'
 import type OmnisearchPlugin from '../main'
 import { Tokenizer } from './tokenizer'
 
+const STOP_WORDS = new Set(["a", "an", "the", "and", "or", "but", "if", "in", "on", "at", "by", "for", "with", "to", "from", "of", "is", "it", "that", "this"])
+
 export class SearchEngine {
   private tokenizer: Tokenizer
   private minisearch: MiniSearch
@@ -481,6 +484,16 @@ export class SearchEngine {
         query
       )
 
+      let bestMatch: SearchMatch | undefined
+      if (
+        matches.length > 0 &&
+        (query.query.text.length > 1 || query.getExactTerms().length > 0) &&
+        query.getBestStringForExcerpt() &&
+        matches[0].match.toLowerCase() === query.getBestStringForExcerpt()
+      ) {
+        bestMatch = matches.shift()
+      }
+
       const lowerCaseBasename = note.basename.toLowerCase()
       const titleMatchWord = foundWords.find(word =>
         lowerCaseBasename.includes(word.toLowerCase())
@@ -514,6 +527,10 @@ export class SearchEngine {
         }
       }
 
+      if (bestMatch) {
+        matches.unshift(bestMatch)
+      }
+
       logVerbose(`Matches for note "${note.path}"`, matches)
       const resultNote: ResultNote = {
         score: result.score,
@@ -559,11 +576,20 @@ export class SearchEngine {
         }
         return (doc as any)[fieldName]
       },
-      processTerm: (term: string) =>
-        (this.plugin.settings.ignoreDiacritics
-          ? removeDiacritics(term, this.plugin.settings.ignoreArabicDiacritics)
+      processTerm: (term: string) => {
+        const processedTerm = (
+          this.plugin.settings.ignoreDiacritics
+            ? removeDiacritics(
+                term,
+                this.plugin.settings.ignoreArabicDiacritics
+              )
             : term
-        ).toLowerCase(),
+        ).toLowerCase()
+        if (processedTerm.length < 3 || STOP_WORDS.has(processedTerm)) {
+          return null
+        }
+        return processedTerm
+      },
       idField: 'path',
       fields: [
         'basename',

src/search/tokenizer.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import type { QueryCombination } from 'minisearch'
+import type { Query, QueryCombination } from 'minisearch'
 import { BRACKETS_AND_SPACE, chsRegex, SPACE_OR_PUNCTUATION } from '../globals'
 import { logVerbose, splitCamelCase, splitHyphens } from '../tools/utils'
 import type OmnisearchPlugin from '../main'
 
 const markdownLinkExtractor = require('markdown-link-extractor')
 
+const STOP_WORDS = new Set(["a", "an", "the", "and", "or", "but", "if", "in", "on", "at", "by", "for", "with", "to", "from", "of", "is", "it", "that", "this"])
+
 export class Tokenizer {
   constructor(private plugin: OmnisearchPlugin) {}
 
@@ -60,13 +62,18 @@ export class Tokenizer {
   public tokenizeForSearch(text: string): QueryCombination {
     // Extract urls and remove them from the query
     const urls: string[] = markdownLinkExtractor(text)
+    const originalText = text
     text = urls.reduce((acc, url) => acc.replace(url, ''), text)
 
     const tokens = [...this.tokenizeTokens(text), ...urls].filter(Boolean)
 
-    return {
-      combineWith: 'OR',
-      queries: [
+    const isStopWord = (term: string): boolean => {
+      const lower = term.toLowerCase()
+      return lower.length < 3 || STOP_WORDS.has(lower)
+    }
+
+    const queries = [
+      { combineWith: 'AND', queries: [originalText] },
       { combineWith: 'AND', queries: tokens },
       {
         combineWith: 'AND',
@@ -74,7 +81,28 @@ export class Tokenizer {
       },
       { combineWith: 'AND', queries: tokens.flatMap(splitHyphens) },
       { combineWith: 'AND', queries: tokens.flatMap(splitCamelCase) },
-      ],
+    ].map(q => ({
+      ...q,
+      queries: q.queries.filter(t => !isStopWord(t)),
+    }))
+
+    const nonEmptyQueries = queries.filter(q => q.queries.length > 0)
+
+    // Deduplicate
+    const uniqueQueries = []
+    const seen = new Set()
+    for (const q of nonEmptyQueries) {
+      // sort to make order irrelevant for duplication check
+      const key = JSON.stringify(q.queries.sort())
+      if (!seen.has(key)) {
+        uniqueQueries.push(q)
+        seen.add(key)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      combineWith: 'OR',
+      queries: uniqueQueries as Query[],
     }
   }
 

src/tools/text-processing.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ export class TextProcessor {
     words: string[],
     query?: Query
   ): SearchMatch[] {
-    words = words.map(escapeHTML)
     const reg = this.stringsToRegex(words)
     const originalText = text
     // text = text.toLowerCase().replace(new RegExp(SEPARATORS, 'gu'), ' ')
@@ -96,11 +95,16 @@ export class TextProcessor {
       query &&
       (query.query.text.length > 1 || query.getExactTerms().length > 0)
     ) {
-      const best = text.indexOf(query.getBestStringForExcerpt())
-      if (best > -1 && matches.find(m => m.offset === best)) {
+      const bestMatchStr = query.getBestStringForExcerpt()
+      const best = text.toLowerCase().indexOf(bestMatchStr)
+      if (best > -1) {
+        // We found the full query. We make it the first result, and remove any other match that it contains.
+        matches = matches.filter(
+          m => m.offset < best || m.offset >= best + bestMatchStr.length
+        )
         matches.unshift({
           offset: best,
-          match: query.getBestStringForExcerpt(),
+          match: originalText.substring(best, best + bestMatchStr.length),
         })
       }
     }