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no fuzzy matching? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would like to use device names such as "NBR-NW1 (John's AC)" which is shorthand for "North Bedroom North Wall1 (John's AC)". However, it appears as though when I ask the assistant to "turn on John's AC", it does not match it to anything.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If you go into the entity settings, you should be able to set an alias.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Oh, that worked perfect. Thank you.

Edit: One thing assist does not do, which I feel like it should, is it should give you some sort of information if you ask it for "help".