updated the beagle instructions

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Jean-Francois Dockes 2012-10-29 07:55:11 +01:00
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panel, or by editing the configuration file (set panel, or by editing the configuration file (set
<varname>processbeaglequeue</varname> to 1).</para> <varname>processbeaglequeue</varname> to 1).</para>
<para>There are more recent instructions about how to find and <important><para>For the extension to work, you will need to manually
install the <application>Firefox</application> extension on the create the queue directory:
<filename>~/.beagle/ToIndex/</filename>.</para></important>
<para>Current Firefox versions need a slightly adapted extension
module. This can be found, along with up-to-date instructions, on the
<ulink url="https://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/IndexBeagleWeb"> <ulink url="https://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/IndexBeagleWeb">
Recoll wiki</ulink>.</para> Recoll wiki</ulink>.</para>
<para>Unfortunately, it seems that the plugin does not work anymore
with recent <application>Firefox</application> <para>A copy of the indexed WEB pages is retained by Recoll in a
versions (tried with 10.0). This is not the local cache (from which previews can be fetched). The cache size can
trival installation version check issue, explicit manual indexing be adjusted from the <guilabel>Index configuration</guilabel> /
requests still work, but automatic indexing on page load does <guilabel>Beagle web history</guilabel> panel. Once the maximum size
not.</para> is reached, old pages are purged - both from the cache and the index
- to make room for new ones, so you need to explicitly archive in
some other place the pages that you want to keep
indefinitely.</para>
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