[ubuntu-in] need desktop search tool

[Swarup]

On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 23:35 +0530, Nigel Babu wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Swarup <dinbandhu at sprynet.com> wrote:
> > 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 it was dropped, because the Beagle app is no longer being updated.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
> >
> >
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> 
> The Beagle wiki page[1] gives a few options which would be worth looking into
> 
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beagle#Alternatives to Beagle

I have looked at the alternatives. The first two-- Tracker and Google
Desktop, do not search properly using Indic fonts. Strigi and Recoll I
will test to see how well they work. It seems like Strigi may be a
terminal-based app, which if it is, automatically rules out Indic fonts
as one cannot properly type in the terminal window using Indic fonts (at
least the ones I use). Recoll I will test. DocFetcher and Pinot are two
others which are mentioned in the referenced article. I will have a look
at those. If anyone else has experience with these search tools and
Indic fonts, please tell us about them.

Regards,
Swarup