got rid of STRIPCHARS compile-time variable to make the code more readable, and corresponding configure option. + make sure that CONFDIR from environment gets translated to absolute path

src/query/plaintorich.cpp

@@ -93,17 +93,13 @@ class TextSplitPTR : public TextSplit {
     // (phrase or near), update positions list.
     virtual bool takeword(const std::string& term, int pos, int bts, int bte) {
 	string dumb = term;
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
 	if (o_index_stripchars) {
-#endif
 	    if (!unacmaybefold(term, dumb, "UTF-8", UNACOP_UNACFOLD)) {
 		LOGINFO(("PlainToRich::takeword: unac failed for [%s]\n",
 			 term.c_str()));
 		return true;
 	    }
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
 	}
-#endif
 
 	//LOGDEB2(("Input dumbbed term: '%s' %d %d %d\n", dumb.c_str(), 
 	// pos, bts, bte));

src/query/reslistpager.cpp

@@ -358,11 +358,7 @@ void ResListPager::displayPage(RclConfig *config)
 		map<string, vector<string> > spellings;
 		suggest(uterms, spellings);
 		if (!spellings.empty()) {
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
 		    if (o_index_stripchars) {
-#else 
-		    if (true) {
-#endif
 			chunk << 
 			    trans("<p><i>Alternate spellings (accents suppressed): </i>")
 			      << "<br /><blockquote>";

src/query/xadump.cpp

@@ -116,21 +116,15 @@ static void sigcleanup(int sig)
     exit(1);
 }
 
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
 bool o_index_stripchars;
-#endif
 
 inline bool has_prefix(const string& trm)
 {
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
     if (o_index_stripchars) {
-#endif
 	return trm.size() && 'A' <= trm[0] && trm[0] <= 'Z';
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
     } else {
 	return trm.size() > 0 && trm[0] == ':';
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -212,7 +206,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	cout << "DB: ndocs " << db->get_doccount() << " lastdocid " <<
 	    db->get_lastdocid() << " avglength " << db->get_avlength() << endl;
 
-#ifndef RCL_INDEX_STRIPCHARS
 	// If we have terms with a leading ':' it's a new style,
 	// unstripped index
 	{
@@ -223,7 +216,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		o_index_stripchars = false;
 	    cout<<"DB: terms are "<<(o_index_stripchars?"stripped":"raw")<<endl;
 	}
-#endif
     
 	if (op_flags & OPT_T) {
 	    Xapian::TermIterator term;