FIX: stop highlighting single l which is used for sorting

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/full-page-search.js.es6

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ export default Ember.Controller.extend({
     return Em.isEmpty(q);
   },
 
+
+  @computed('q')
+  highlightQuery(q) {
+    if (!q) { return; }
+    // remove l which can be used for sorting
+    return _.reject(q.split(/\s+/), t => t === 'l').join(' ');
+  },
+
   @computed('skip_context', 'context')
   searchContextEnabled: {
     get(skip,context){

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/full-page-search.hbs

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
             </span>
 
             {{#if result.blurb}}
-              {{#highlight-text highlight=q}}
+              {{#highlight-text highlight=highlightQuery}}
                 {{{unbound result.blurb}}}
               {{/highlight-text}}
             {{/if}}

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/search-menu-results.js.es6

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class Highlighted extends RawHtml {
 
   decorate($html) {
     if (this.term) {
-      $html.highlight(this.term.split(/\s+/), { className: 'search-highlight' });
+      // special case ignore "l" which is used for magic sorting
+      const words = _.reject(this.term.split(/\s+/), t => t === 'l');
+      $html.highlight(words, { className: 'search-highlight' });
     }
   }
 }