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<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [
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<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [
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<!ENTITY RCL "<application>Recoll</application>">
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<!ENTITY RCL "<application>Recoll</application>">
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<!ENTITY RCLVERSION "1.12-1.13">
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<!ENTITY RCLAPPS "<ulink url='http://www.recoll.org/features.html'>Recoll helper applications page</ulink>">
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<!ENTITY RCLVERSION "1.14">
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<!ENTITY XAP "<application>Xapian</application>">
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<!ENTITY XAP "<application>Xapian</application>">
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<command>iconv</command> command, which is not always listed as a
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<command>iconv</command> command, which is not always listed as a
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dependancy.</para>
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dependancy.</para>
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<para>As of &RCL; release 1.14, a number of XML-based formats that
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<para>Please note that, due to the relatively dynamic nature of this
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were handled by ad hoc filter code now use
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information, the most up to date version is now kept on the &RCLAPPS;
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<command>xsltproc</command>, which usually comes with
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along with links to the home pages or best source/patches download
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<ulink
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links. The list below is not updated often and may be quite
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url="http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/index.html">libxslt</ulink>. These
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stale.</para>
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are: abiword, fb2 (ebooks), kword, openoffice, svg.</para>
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<para>For many Linux distributions, most of the commands listed can
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be installed from the package repositories. However, the packages
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are sometimes outdated, or not the best version for &RCL;, so you
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should take a look at the &RCLAPPS; if a file
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type is important to you.</para>
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<para>As of &RCL; release 1.14, a number of XML-based formats that
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were handled by ad hoc filter code now use the
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<command>xsltproc</command>, which usually comes with
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<application>libxslt</application>. These are: abiword, fb2
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(ebooks), kword, openoffice, svg.</para>
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<para>Now for the list:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Openoffice: supported natively, but needs the
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<listitem><para>Openoffice files need <command>unzip</command> and
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<command>unzip</command> command to be installed.</para>
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<command>xsltproc</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>PDF files need <command>pdftotext</command> which
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<application>Poppler</application> packages.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Postscript files need <command>pstotext</command>.
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character in file names, which is corrected in recent
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packages. See the the &RCLAPPS; for more detail.
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<listitem><para>PDF: pdftotext is part of the <ulink
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url="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">Xpdf</ulink> or <ulink
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<command>antiword</command>. It is also useful to have
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url="http://poppler.freedesktop.org/">Poppler</ulink> packages.</para>
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<command>wvWare</command> installed as it may be
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be used as a fallback for some files which
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<command>antiword</command> does not handle.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>MS Excel and PowerPoint need <command>
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catdoc</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>MS Open XML (docx) needs <command>
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xsltproc</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Wordperfect files need <command>wpd2html</command>
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from the <application>libwpd</application> package.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>RTF files need <command>unrtf</command>, which, in
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its standard version, has much trouble with non-western character
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sets. Check the &RCLAPPS;.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>TeX files need <command>untex</command> or
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<command>detex</command>. Check the &RCLAPPS; for sources if it's not
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packaged for your distribution.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>dvi files need <command>dvips</command>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Postscript: <ulink
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<listitem><para>djvu files need <command>djvutxt</command> and
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url="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/pstotext.htm">
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<command>djvused</command> from the
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pstotext</ulink>. The original version has an issue with shell
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<application>DjVuLibre</application> package.</para></listitem>
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character in file names. Most recent package repositories /
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ports system use a patched version (ie FreeBSD, Debian). If
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compiling from source, it would be better to apply the patch
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used the <command>id3info</command> command from the <application>
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found
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id3lib</application> package to extract mp3 tag information,
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<ulink url="http://www.recoll.org/files/pstotext-1.9_4-debian.patch">
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<command>metaflac</command> (standard flac tools) for flac files,
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here</ulink>.</para>
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and <command>ogginfo</command> (vorbis tools) for ogg
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files. Releases 1.14 and later use a single
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<application>Python</application> filter based
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</listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>MS Word: <ulink url="http://www.winfield.demon.nl">
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<listitem><para>Pictures: &RCL; uses the
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antiword</ulink>.</para>
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<application>Exiftool</application>
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</listitem>
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<application>Perl</application> package to extract tag
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information. Most image file formats are supported. Note that
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<listitem><para>MS Excel and PowerPoint:
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there may not be much interest in indexing the technical tags
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<ulink url="http://catdoc.klik.atekon.de/">
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(image size, aperture, etc.). This is only of interest if you
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catdoc</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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files.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>MS Open XML (docx): needs
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<command>xsltproc</command>.</para>
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<listitem><para>Wordperfect files:
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<ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/download.html">
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libwpd</ulink>.</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>RTF: <ulink
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url="http://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf/unrtf.html">unrtf</ulink>
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program. Your distribution may have a package for it. If it doesn't,
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<ulink url="http://www.recoll.org/untex/untex-1.3.jf.tar.gz">
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there is a copy of the source on the &RCL; web site</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/detex/">
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detex</ulink> and will use it if it is installed.</para>
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workaround here</ulink>), metaflac (standard flac tools) for flac
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extract tag information. Most image file formats are
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<a href="translations/recoll_de.ts">recoll_de.ts</a>
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be installed to extract the text. Types that only need common
|
application to be installed to extract the text. Types that
|
||||||
very common utilities (awk/sed/groff etc.) are listed in the
|
only need very common utilities (awk/sed/groff etc.) are
|
||||||
native section.</dd>
|
listed in the native section.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<dl>
|
<h4>File types indexed natively</h4>
|
||||||
<dt>Natively</dt>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<dd>
|
|
||||||
<ul>
|
<ul>
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">text</span>.</li>
|
<li><span class="literal">text</span>.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">html</span>.</li>
|
<li><span class="literal">html</span>.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">maildir</span> and <span
|
<li><span class="literal">maildir</span> and <span class=
|
||||||
class="literal">mailbox</span> (<span class=
|
"literal">mailbox</span> (<span class=
|
||||||
"literal">Mozilla</span>, <span class=
|
"literal">Mozilla</span>, <span class=
|
||||||
"literal">Thunderbird</span> and <span class=
|
"literal">Thunderbird</span> and <span class=
|
||||||
"literal">Evolution</span> mail ok).</li>
|
"literal">Evolution</span> mail ok).</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">OpenOffice</span>
|
<li><span class="literal">gaim</span> and <span class=
|
||||||
files (needs <span class="command">unzip</span> command).</li>
|
"literal">purple</span> log files.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Abiword</span> files.</li>
|
<li><span class="literal">Lyx</span> files (needs <span
|
||||||
|
class="literal">Lyx</span> to be installed).</li>
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Kword</span> files.</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">gaim</span> and <span
|
|
||||||
class="literal">purple</span> log files.</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Lyx</span> files (needs
|
|
||||||
<span class="literal">Lyx</span> to be installed).</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Scribus</span> files.</li>
|
<li><span class="literal">Scribus</span> files.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Man pages</span> (need <span
|
<li><span class="literal">Man pages</span> (need <span
|
||||||
class="command">groff</span>).</li>
|
class="command">groff</span>).</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
</ul>
|
</ul>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<dt>With external helpers</dt>
|
<h4>File types indexed with external helpers</h4>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<dd>
|
<p>Many document types need the <span class="command">iconv</span>
|
||||||
<para>In addition to the applications listed below, many
|
command in addition to the applications specifically listed.</p>
|
||||||
document types need the <span
|
|
||||||
class="command">iconv</span> command.</para>
|
<p>The following types need <span class=
|
||||||
|
"command">xsltproc</span> from the <b>libxslt</b> package.
|
||||||
|
Quite a few also need <span class="command">unzip</span>:</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<ul>
|
<ul>
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Microsoft Office Open XML</span>
|
<li><span class="literal">Abiword</span> files.</li>
|
||||||
files with the <span class="command">unzip</span>
|
|
||||||
and <span class="command">xsltproc</span> commands.</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">pdf</span> with the <span
|
<li><span class="literal">Fb2</span> ebooks.</li>
|
||||||
class="command">pdftotext</span> command, which can be
|
|
||||||
installed as part of <a href=
|
<li><span class="literal">Kword</span> files.</li>
|
||||||
"http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">xpdf</a> or <a
|
|
||||||
href="http://poppler.freedesktop.org/">poppler</a>,
|
<li><span class="literal">Microsoft Office Open XML</span>
|
||||||
|
files.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<li><span class="literal">OpenOffice</span> files.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<li><span class="literal">SVG</span> files.</li>
|
||||||
|
</ul>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<p>Others:</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<ul>
|
||||||
|
<li><span class="literal">pdf</span> with the <span class=
|
||||||
|
"command">pdftotext</span> command, which can be installed
|
||||||
|
as part of <a href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">xpdf</a>
|
||||||
|
or <a href="http://poppler.freedesktop.org/">poppler</a>,
|
||||||
depending on your distribution.</li>
|
depending on your distribution.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">msword</span> with <a href=
|
<li><span class="literal">msword</span> with <a href=
|
||||||
"http://www.winfield.demon.nl/">antiword</a>.</li>
|
"http://www.winfield.demon.nl/">antiword</a>.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Powerpoint</span> and
|
<li><span class="literal">Powerpoint</span> and <span
|
||||||
<span class="literal">Excel</span> with the
|
class="literal">Excel</span> with the <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://catdoc.klik.atekon.de">
|
"http://catdoc.klik.atekon.de">catdoc</a> utilities.</li>
|
||||||
catdoc</a> utilities.</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">CHM (Microsoft help)</span>
|
<li><span class="literal">CHM (Microsoft help)</span> files
|
||||||
files (needs <span class="command">Python, pychm or
|
(needs <span class="command">Python, pychm or
|
||||||
chmlib</span>).</li>
|
chmlib</span>).</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Zip</span>
|
<li><span class="literal">Zip</span> archives (needs <span
|
||||||
archives (needs <span class="command">Python</span>).</li>
|
class="command">Python</span>).</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">iCalendar</span>(.ics) files
|
<li><span class="literal">iCalendar</span>(.ics) files
|
||||||
(needs <span class="command">Python,
|
(needs <span class="command">Python, <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/icalendar/2.1">icalendar</a></span>).</li>
|
"http://pypi.python.org/pypi/icalendar/2.1">icalendar</a></span>).</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Mozilla calendar data</span>
|
<li><span class="literal">Mozilla calendar data</span> See
|
||||||
See <a href="http://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/IndexMozillaCalendari">
|
<a href=
|
||||||
|
"http://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/IndexMozillaCalendari">
|
||||||
the wiki</a> about this.</li>
|
the wiki</a> about this.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">Wordperfect</span> with <a href=
|
<li><span class="literal">Wordperfect</span> with <a href=
|
||||||
"http://libwpd.sourceforge.net">libwpd</a>.</li>
|
"http://libwpd.sourceforge.net">libwpd</a>.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">postscript</span> with
|
<li><span class="literal">postscript</span> with <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html">
|
"http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html">ghostscript</a>
|
||||||
ghostscript</a> and
|
and <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/pstotext.htm">
|
"http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/pstotext.htm">pstotext</a>.
|
||||||
pstotext</a>.
|
Actually the pstotext 1.9 found at the latter link has a
|
||||||
Actually the pstotext 1.9 found at the latter link
|
problem with file names using special shell characters, and
|
||||||
has a problem with file names using special shell
|
you should either use the version packaged for your system
|
||||||
characters, and you should either use the version
|
which is probably patched, or apply the Debian patch which
|
||||||
packaged for your system which is probably patched,
|
is stored <a href=
|
||||||
or apply the Debian patch which is
|
"files/pstotext-1.9_4-debian.patch">here</a> for
|
||||||
stored <a href="files/pstotext-1.9_4-debian.patch">here</a>
|
convenience. See
|
||||||
for convenience. See
|
|
||||||
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/pstotext and
|
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/pstotext and
|
||||||
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988
|
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988 for
|
||||||
for references/explanations.</li>
|
references/explanations.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">rtf</span> with <a href=
|
<li><span class="literal">RTF</span> files with <a href=
|
||||||
"http://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf/unrtf.html">unrtf</a>.</li>
|
"http://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf/unrtf.html">unrtf</a>. Please
|
||||||
|
note that up to version
|
||||||
|
0.21, <span class="command">unrtf</span> mostly does not work
|
||||||
|
with non western-european character sets. If you have a need
|
||||||
|
for indexing, ie, russian or chinese RTF files, I have
|
||||||
|
produced a modified version which works much better (as
|
||||||
|
indicated by my tests and a few external ones). You can
|
||||||
|
download the <a href="unrtf/unrtf-0.22.0beta.tar.gz">source
|
||||||
|
here</a>. The development is hosted
|
||||||
|
on <a href="http://www.bitbucket.org/medoc/unrtf-int">
|
||||||
|
bitbucket.org</a>.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">TeX</span> with
|
<li><span class="literal">TeX</span> with <span class=
|
||||||
<span class="command">untex</span>. If there is no untex
|
"command">untex</span>. If there is no untex package for
|
||||||
package for your distribution,
|
your distribution, <a href="untex/untex-1.3.jf.tar.gz">a
|
||||||
<a href="untex/untex-1.3.jf.tar.gz">a source package is
|
source package is stored on this site</a> (as untex has no
|
||||||
stored on this site</a> (as untex has no obvious
|
obvious home). Will also work with <a href=
|
||||||
home).
|
"http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/detex/">detex</a>
|
||||||
Will also work
|
if this is installed.</li>
|
||||||
with <a
|
|
||||||
href="http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/detex/">detex</a>
|
|
||||||
if this is installed.
|
|
||||||
</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">dvi</span> with
|
<li><span class="literal">dvi</span> with <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips.html">dvips</a>.
|
"http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips.html">dvips</a>.</li>
|
||||||
</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">djvu</span> with
|
<li><span class="literal">djvu</span> with <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://djvu.sourceforge.net">DjVuLibre</a>.
|
"http://djvu.sourceforge.net">DjVuLibre</a>.</li>
|
||||||
</li>
|
|
||||||
<li><span class="literal">mp3/flac/ogg vorbis</span>
|
|
||||||
tags support with
|
|
||||||
<a href="http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/">id3info (id3lib)
|
|
||||||
</a> (compiling id3lib on recent systems may need
|
|
||||||
a small patch, see <a href="id3lib.html">here.</a>) or
|
|
||||||
the ogg and flac tools. Release 1.14 and later use a
|
|
||||||
python filter based on
|
|
||||||
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/mutagen/">mutagen</a>
|
|
||||||
for all audio tags.
|
|
||||||
</li>
|
|
||||||
<li>Image file tags support with
|
|
||||||
<a href="http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/">
|
|
||||||
exiftool</a>. This is a perl program, so you also
|
|
||||||
need perl on the system. This works with about any
|
|
||||||
possible image file and tag format (jpg, png, tiff,
|
|
||||||
gif etc.).
|
|
||||||
</li>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<li>Audio file tags: Recoll releases 1.13 and older use <a
|
||||||
|
href="http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/">id3info (id3lib)</a>
|
||||||
|
(compiling id3lib on recent systems may need a small patch,
|
||||||
|
see <a href="id3lib.html">here.</a>) or the ogg and flac
|
||||||
|
tools.<br>
|
||||||
|
Recoll releases 1.14 and later use a Python filter based
|
||||||
|
on <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mutagen/">mutagen</a>
|
||||||
|
for all audio types.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<li>Image file tags support with <a href=
|
||||||
|
"http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/">exiftool</a>.
|
||||||
|
This is a perl program, so you also need perl on the
|
||||||
|
system. This works with about any possible image file and
|
||||||
|
tag format (jpg, png, tiff, gif etc.).</li>
|
||||||
</ul>
|
</ul>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
</dl>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<dt>Other features</dt>
|
<h2>Other features</h2>
|
||||||
<dd>
|
|
||||||
<ul>
|
<ul>
|
||||||
<li>Can use <b>Beagle</b> browser plug-ins to index web
|
<li>Can use <b>Beagle</b> browser plug-ins to index web
|
||||||
history. See the
|
history. See the <a href=
|
||||||
<a href="http://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/IndexBeagleWeb">
|
"http://bitbucket.org/medoc/recoll/wiki/IndexBeagleWeb">the
|
||||||
the Wiki</a> for more detail.</li>
|
Wiki</a> for more detail.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li>Processes all email attachments.</li>
|
<li>Processes all email attachments.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
@ -211,8 +216,8 @@
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
<li>Xesam-compatible query language.</li>
|
<li>Xesam-compatible query language.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li>Wildcard searches (with a specific and faster function for
|
<li>Wildcard searches (with a specific and faster function
|
||||||
file names).</li>
|
for file names).</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li>Support for multiple charsets. Internal processing and
|
<li>Support for multiple charsets. Internal processing and
|
||||||
storage uses Unicode UTF-8.</li>
|
storage uses Unicode UTF-8.</li>
|
||||||
@ -223,55 +228,58 @@
|
|||||||
<li>Easy installation. No database daemon, web server or
|
<li>Easy installation. No database daemon, web server or
|
||||||
exotic language necessary.</li>
|
exotic language necessary.</li>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<li>An indexer which runs either as a thread inside the GUI,
|
<li>An indexer which runs either as a thread inside the
|
||||||
as an external, batch, cron'able program, or as a
|
GUI, as an external, batch, cron'able program, or as a
|
||||||
real-time indexing daemon.</li>
|
real-time indexing daemon.</li>
|
||||||
</ul>
|
</ul>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
</ul>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<h2><a name="#stemming"></a>Stemming</h2>
|
<h2><a name="#stemming"></a>Stemming</h2>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>Stemming is a process which transforms inflected words into
|
<p>Stemming is a process which transforms inflected words
|
||||||
their most basic form. For example, <i>flooring</i>,
|
into their most basic form. For example, <i>flooring</i>,
|
||||||
<i>floors</i>, <i>floored</i> would probably all be transformed
|
<i>floors</i>, <i>floored</i> would probably all be
|
||||||
to <i>floor</i> by a stemmer for the English language.</p>
|
transformed to <i>floor</i> by a stemmer for the English
|
||||||
|
language.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>In many search engines, the stemming process occurs during
|
<p>In many search engines, the stemming process occurs during
|
||||||
indexing. The index will only contain the stemmed form of words,
|
indexing. The index will only contain the stemmed form of
|
||||||
with exceptions for terms which are detected as being probably
|
words, with exceptions for terms which are detected as being
|
||||||
proper nouns (ie: capitalized). At query time, the terms entered
|
probably proper nouns (ie: capitalized). At query time, the
|
||||||
by the user are stemmed, then matched against the index.</p>
|
terms entered by the user are stemmed, then matched against
|
||||||
|
the index.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>This process results into a smaller index, but it has the
|
<p>This process results into a smaller index, but it has the
|
||||||
grave inconvenient of irrevocably losing information during
|
grave inconvenient of irrevocably losing information during
|
||||||
indexing.</p>
|
indexing.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>Recoll works in a different way. No stemming is performed at
|
<p>Recoll works in a different way. No stemming is performed
|
||||||
query time, so that all information gets into the index. The
|
at query time, so that all information gets into the index.
|
||||||
resulting index is bigger, but most people probably don't care
|
The resulting index is bigger, but most people probably don't
|
||||||
much about this nowadays, because they have a 100Gb disk 95%
|
care much about this nowadays, because they have a 100Gb disk
|
||||||
full of binary data <em>which does not get indexed</em>.</p>
|
95% full of binary data <em>which does not get
|
||||||
<p>At the end of an indexing pass, Recoll builds one or several
|
indexed</em>.</p>
|
||||||
stemming dictionaries, where all word stems are listed in
|
|
||||||
correspondence to the list of their derivatives.</p>
|
<p>At the end of an indexing pass, Recoll builds one or
|
||||||
|
several stemming dictionaries, where all word stems are
|
||||||
|
listed in correspondence to the list of their
|
||||||
|
derivatives.</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<p>At query time, by default, user-entered terms are stemmed,
|
<p>At query time, by default, user-entered terms are stemmed,
|
||||||
then matched against the stem database, and the query is
|
then matched against the stem database, and the query is
|
||||||
expanded to include all derivatives. This will yield search
|
expanded to include all derivatives. This will yield search
|
||||||
results analogous to those obtained by a classical engine.
|
results analogous to those obtained by a classical engine.
|
||||||
The benefits of this approach is that stem expansion can be
|
The benefits of this approach is that stem expansion can be
|
||||||
controlled instantly at query time in several ways:
|
controlled instantly at query time in several ways:</p>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<ul>
|
<ul>
|
||||||
<li>It can be selectively turned-off for any query term by
|
<li>It can be selectively turned-off for any query term by
|
||||||
capitalizing it (<i>Floor</i>).</li>
|
capitalizing it (<i>Floor</i>).</li>
|
||||||
<li>The stemming language (ie: english, french...) can be
|
|
||||||
selected (this supposes that several stemming databases have
|
|
||||||
been built, which can be configured as part of the indexing,
|
|
||||||
or done later, in a reasonably fast way).</li>
|
|
||||||
</ul>
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<li>The stemming language (ie: english, french...) can be
|
||||||
|
selected (this supposes that several stemming databases
|
||||||
|
have been built, which can be configured as part of the
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<a class="important" href="credits.html">Attributions</a>.</p>
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<h2>Autres</h2>
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<p>Je loue une
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grande maison sympa dans l'Aude</a> :)</p>
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