[ubuntu-in] need desktop search tool

[Swarup]

On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 23:20 +0530, Ramnarayan.K wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Swarup <dinbandhu at sprynet.com> wrote:
> > I have been using Beagle Search for several years as my Indic language
> > search tool.
> 
> it is a cool tool
> >
> > But in 10.10 and 11.04 Beagle is no longer available-- which means that
> > if I upgrade to either of these versions I will be without a search
> > tool. Has anyone found another search tool which will reliably search
> > Indic font documents? Preferably, one with a GUI.
> 
> believe it or not i am still on 9.10 and have been mulling a change to
> 11.04 (or mint 11) - so cannot answer , but instead have an added
> question

I'm still using 9.04, largely for the same reason-- I need a good Indic
desktop search tool.

> is beagle not available any where on the repos ?? - and if its been
> dropped there must have been a replacement something ??
> 
> look forward to what people suggest

Beagle Search is available in the repos up through 10.04 LTS. After that
it was dropped, because the Beagle app is no longer being updated. I
think one could compile it for use in 10.10 or 11.04, but I don't have
that sort of experience. Otherwise I'd do it. But surely there must be
something out there that serves to replace Beagle Search, for those who
use Indic Fonts. And it would probably be needed for people all over the
world in various countries who use alphabets other than the standard
latin.

Swarup