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supposedly fixed in later versions. Bugs listed in the supposedly fixed in later versions. Bugs listed in the
topmost section may also exist in older versions.</i></p> topmost section may also exist in older versions.</i></p>
<h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.13.04 + xapian 1.0.16</a></h2> <h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.14.1 + xapian 1.2+ + qt 4.4.1+</a></h2>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Does not compile with Xapian
1.2. Apply <a href="files/xapian12.patch">patch</a>.</li>
<li>Mac OS X + Qt 4.6.1 : the index configuration dialog
crashes.</li>
<li>Performing a full index with release 1.11 or later, over a <li>Performing a full index with release 1.11 or later, over a
version created with a much older recoll release may version created with a much older recoll release may
sometimes end with an error saying "backend doesn't sometimes end with an error saying "backend doesn't
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and restart indexing. For big indexes, to avoid losing and restart indexing. For big indexes, to avoid losing
time, removing the directory preventively may be preferable .</li> time, removing the directory preventively may be preferable .</li>
<li> When Recoll is built with qt 4.4.0, the icons in the
result list are all displayed at the top of the page and
garbled. This appears to be a qt bug, fixed in 4.4.1. Use
either qt 4.3.x or 4.4.1</li>
<li> If the user-chosen result list entry format results in <li> If the user-chosen result list entry format results in
several paragraphs (in the qt textedit sense), right clicks several paragraphs (in the qt textedit sense), right clicks
will only work inside the first one for each entry.</li> will only work inside the first one for each entry.</li>
<li> When a mime type has an external viewer defined, but the
actual file is compressed (ie: xxx.txt.gz), recoll will try
to start the external viewer on the compressed file, which
will not work in most cases.</li>
<li>It seems that the recoll program sometimes segfaults when
exiting after the first execution ?</li>
<li> If you are seeing a delay of a few seconds before the
result list displays for the first query of a recoll
instance, try changing the result list font in the query
preferences. This is not a recoll problem, I don't know the
exact cause (I've seen it happen with "Sans Serif" and go
away with Helvetica or Arial).</li>
<li> Under some versions of KDE (ie: Fedora FC5 KDE
3.5.4-0.5.fc5), there is a problem with the window stacking
order. Opening the "browse" file selection dialog from the
advanced search dialog will stack the latter under the main
window, possibly making it invisible. This is quite probably
a Kwin bug, possibly related to
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79183 or a correction
thereof.</li>
<li>Under Solaris, it is necessary to perform initial <li>Under Solaris, it is necessary to perform initial
indexing with the recollindex program (the recoll index indexing with the recollindex program (the recoll index
thread doesn't work for creating the database). Don't know thread doesn't work for creating the database). Don't know
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</blockquote> </blockquote>
Only small files produced by Microsoft Word on a Mac, or by Only small files produced by Microsoft Word on a Mac, or by
OpenOffice will trigger this message. As a workaround, install OpenOffice will trigger this message. As a workaround, install
wvWare and modify mimeconf to use the rcldoc filter, which wvWare and modify mimeconf to use the rcldoc filter (instead of
directly executing antiword). Rcldoc will try antiword, then
will use vwWare if it is available. This will result in will use vwWare if it is available. This will result in
slower indexing for doc files.</li> slightly slower indexing for doc files.</li>
</ul> </ul>
<h2><a name="b_1_13_04">recoll 1.13.04</h2>
<li><b>Note:</b> some of the bugs listed here are not actually
"fixed", mostly they were problems caused by old versions of
external software (ie: kde, qt), and I stopped carrying them. Just
don't use these versions, or live with the problem.</li>
<li>In case a new style filter (persistent) crashed while indexing,
it was not restarted, and all further files of the same mime type
were not updated (ie: python zip crash on encrypted files).</li>
<li>Mac OS X + Qt 4.6.1 : the index configuration dialog
crashes.</li>
<li>If you are seeing a delay of a few seconds before the
result list displays for the first query of a recoll
instance, try changing the result list font in the query
preferences. This is not a recoll problem, I don't know the
exact cause (I've seen it happen with "Sans Serif" and go
away with Helvetica or Arial).</li>
<li> When a mime type has an external viewer defined, but the
actual file is compressed (ie: xxx.txt.gz), recoll will try
to start the external viewer on the compressed file, which
will not work in most cases.</li>
<li>It seems that the recoll program sometimes segfaults when
exiting after the first execution ?</li>
<li>Does not compile with Xapian
1.2. Apply <a href="files/xapian12.patch">patch</a>.</li>
<li>When Recoll is built with qt 4.4.0, the icons in the
result list are all displayed at the top of the page and
garbled. This appears to be a qt bug, fixed in 4.4.1. Use
either qt 4.3.x or 4.4.1 (stopped carrying this bug. Just don't use
4.4.0)</li>
<li> Under some versions of KDE (ie: Fedora FC5 KDE
3.5.4-0.5.fc5), there is a problem with the window stacking
order. Opening the "browse" file selection dialog from the
advanced search dialog will stack the latter under the main
window, possibly making it invisible. This is quite probably
a Kwin bug, possibly related to
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79183 or a correction
thereof.</li>
<h2><a name="b_1_13_02">recoll 1.13.02</h2> <h2><a name="b_1_13_02">recoll 1.13.02</h2>
<li>Stemming does not work in the 1.13 series. The stemming <li>Stemming does not work in the 1.13 series. The stemming
database was not created at all. Things would sort of work as database was not created at all. Things would sort of work as

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<h1>Recoll journal of user-visible changes </h1> <h1>Recoll journal of user-visible changes </h1>
<h2><a name="1.14.0">1.14.0</a></h2> <h2><a name="1.14.1">1.14.1</a></h2>
<ul> <ul>
<li><a href="usermanual/rcl.search.lang.html"> <li><a href="usermanual/rcl.search.lang.html">
date selection in queries</a>.</li> date selection in queries</a>.</li>
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<ul> <ul>
<li>The <tt>filename</tt> (transcoded file name) field <li>The <tt>filename</tt> (transcoded file name) field
could not be stored, so it could not be displayed in the could not be stored, so it could not be displayed in the
result list.</li> result list. Can now be displayed as %(filename).</li>
<li>Html files would always be indexed even when filtered <li>Html files would always be indexed even when filtered
out by <tt>indexedmimetypes</tt></li> out by <tt>indexedmimetypes</tt></li>
<li>Preview: toggling between main text and metadata <li>Preview: toggling between main text and metadata