Comment 1 for bug 660283

I searched around in the Launchpad Help > Bugs section, but didn't find any page that discusses the supported search expressions. (Obviously, if such a page already exists, then this bug is really just a request to have a direct link to that page from the search form.)

Most of what I now (think I) know about the Malone search expressions I've gathered from a few tests I've run myself, and from hints I've gleaned reading through other bug-search-related bugs reported here... but from what I've gathered, here are a few examples of items that seem like they should be documented:

* the system will search within the bug summaries and descriptions, but comments are not always included

* the system will look for bugs that include all of the words entered in the search-text box; the order of the search words does not matter

* there is no way to search for an exact phrase, or to exclude bugs that contain certain words

* entering a plain number into the search box will return just the bug with the given bug number

* the "|" character can be used to indicate a logical OR