Relative namespace search

[cjohnsonuk]

Can it be made so that you can specify the namespace to search relative to the current page like described in the namespaces help page:

Links relative to the current namespace may also begin with either “.” or “.:” (“..” or “..:” for parent namespace).

Eg1
{searchform ns=.: } or {searchform ns=. }
will search in the current name space
Eg2
{searchform ns=.:policies }
will search in the polices sub-namespace of wherever the page is

That way I can use the variables and include plugins and have a standard "search" section defined centrally that I can refer to from other pages.

======search======
===== Searching in the @NS@=====
You can use the search box at the top of the page to carry out a search of all documents in the wiki or the form below to search just the @NS@section : 

{searchform ns=.:}

More search syntax options can be found [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/search|in the documentation]].

that will allow me to include in any page:

{{section>:common_elements#search&noshowheader}}

or have as part of a page template.

I gave it a go to see if it would work but it ignored the . and .: and just searched the whole wiki.

I tried using @. or @.: in the standard page search at the top of the default template and it ignored them.

I had a quick look at the code for the plugin but wasn't able to see how to get the ns of the current page if the ns string passed as a parameter in the markup was either . or .: