[ubuntu-in] need desktop search tool

[Mehul Ved]

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Swarup <dinbandhu at sprynet.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Doesn't the inbuilt search tool in GNOME suffice?
I gave it a try and it is able to detect hindi words in a plain text file.
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