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Recoll is still in infancy, but it is based on a very strong backend Recoll is still in infancy, but it is based on a very strong backend
(Xapian), and it can actually be useful right now, which is why I release (Xapian), and it can actually be useful right now, which is why I release
it so early. it so early. You might be interested in using Recoll to index your home
directory instead of xapian's Omega, for example, if you do not want to
run a web server, or your data is not iso-8859-1. But the query features
are very, very, much weaker.
See INSTALL inside the distribution for compiling and installing, very See INSTALL inside the distribution for compiling and installing, very
much by hand for now, I hope it will become better in the near future. much by hand for now, I hope it will become better in the near future.
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* Easy installation. No database daemon, web server or exotic language * Easy installation. No database daemon, web server or exotic language
necessary. The idea is that EVERYBODY should index their files because necessary. The idea is that EVERYBODY should index their files because
it makes life easier. it makes life easier.
* Indexes text, pdf, html, postscript. Deals with compressed versions of * Indexes text, html, pdf (with xpdf's pdftotext),postscript (with
same. ghostscript's pstotext), msword (with antiword), and openoffice files.
Deals with compressed versions of same.
* Support for multiple charsets. Internal processing and storage uses * Support for multiple charsets. Internal processing and storage uses
Unicode UTF-8. Unicode UTF-8.
* Stemming performed at query time (can switch stemming language after
indexing)
* An ugly GUI, qt-based, written with qt Designer. * An ugly GUI, qt-based, written with qt Designer.
* An indexer which runs either as a thread inside the GUI or as an * An indexer which runs either as a thread inside the GUI or as an
external, cron'able program. external, cron'able program.
Things lacking, coming in the not too far future: Things lacking, coming in the not too far future:
* A more sophisticated query interface: the current one has no boolean
capabilities, and performance problems with stemming.
* A pretty GUI (see above)
* Mail folder indexing. It would be quite easy to add for single message * Mail folder indexing. It would be quite easy to add for single message
folders right now, more complicated for concatenated ones, I intend to folders right now, more complicated for concatenated ones. This is
do it. first priority.
* A more sophisticated query interface: the current one has no boolean
capabilities.
* A pretty GUI (see above)
* An interactive configuration tool. You need to edit files by hand for * An interactive configuration tool. You need to edit files by hand for
now. now.
* Packages, rpm or other. It's all tar files currently. * Packages, rpm or other. It's all tar files currently.
* A build system, autoconf et al. * A build system, autoconf et al.
* Documentation and help. * Documentation and help.
* More filters for other file types (MS, openoffice), this is coming * A few more filters for less common file types.
too, this is not hard as it will rely on external packages like the
existing filters.
Using recoll Using recoll
* Use File->Index to build/rebuild the database. * Use File->Index to build/rebuild the database (what to index is
defined in the configuration file, see the install doc).
* Enter search terms in the upper left text field. There is no query * Enter search terms in the upper left text field. There is no query
language right now, the search only understand probabilistic terms language right now, the search only understand probabilistic terms
(just words...), and double-quote enclosed phrases. Click Search or (just words...), and double-quote enclosed phrases. Click Search or
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Downloads Downloads
Version 0.5 (tar.gz) Current version: 0.6 (tar.gz)
Older: 0.5
Installation Installation