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> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:15:45 -0600 (CST)
> From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>
> 
> Secondly, the "at least two matching keywords" rule seems arbitrary.
> Why not use the convention that a list of keywords is specified as, say
> 
> directory folder [1
> 
> or
> 
> next directory folder [2

This feature (and any ad-hoc rules it implements) was discussed at
length around the time the feature was added.  Please be sure to read
those discussions before you suggest to change the decisions made back
then.