Bug 442704

Summary:	Entries in glossary view should be sorted by best match
Product:	[Applications] lokalize	Reporter:	Karl Ove Hufthammer <karl>
Component:	glossary	Assignee:	Simon Depiets <sdepiets>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	shafff
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments:	Glossary view in Lokalize

Description Karl Ove Hufthammer 2021-09-19 16:30:16 UTC

Created attachment 141706 [details]
Glossary view in Lokalize

SUMMARY
The sort order of the glossary entries seems more or less random. It would be better if the best matches (e.g. longest exact word match) were shown first.

For an example, see the attached screen shot. The original string is:

  &Edit File Type...

The glossary suggestions are (in this order):

  profile | edit profile | edit file | edit | profiling | editing | file type | file | edit profiles

I would expect the longest (counting words, not characters) exact match to be displayed first, and entries based on stemming to be displayed last, e.g.:

  edit file | file type | edit | file | edit profile | edit profiles | profile | profiling | editing


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a project which uses a glossary file. My example was based on this glossary file: https://huftis.org/kritikk/termbase/nn.tbx
2. Open a PO file that has a string with several matches. My example was based on https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-support/nn/summit/messages/dolphin/dolphin.po?revision=1608940&view=markup
3. Look at the order of the glossary entries.

OBSERVED RESULT
The order of the glossary entries seems more or less random. (See attached screenshot.)

EXPECTED RESULT
The best glossary matches should be displayed first.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210915
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.14.2-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11