The module is already ported to Backdrop and is also used in backdropcms.org (to provide the special <nolink> path required for the "About Backdrop", "User Guide", "Developer Guide" and "Themer Guide" menu items of the Handbook menu).
This can be considered a sibling issue to #422 and is a sub-issue of #1839
GitHub Issue #:
1840
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Worth mentioning as it was in zulip chat by @yorkshirepudding I just tested and the two work together without issue as long as you don't use the "Exclude comments from Content...
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There is also Node Comments Search - this searches the node and all comments (default search is node and first page of comments) as part of the content search. Izzy's module above is a separate...
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I have created a new module comment_search
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