You should mention the wv1 and pdfinfo optional dependencies on the wiki. pdfinfo is the part of xpdf (at least on gentoo).
�dv G�bor Veerapuram Varadhan �rta: > O'Grady Stephen wrote: > >> thx Matt, i did see that. >> >> what i'm trying to figure out is why my OOo files aren't being indexed >> right now, and i'm assuming that i need what Trow called a separate >> filter. so what i'm trying to figure out is whether or not there's a >> separate filter component that i need to download and compile, or >> whether my Beagle is simply misbehaving by not crawling this content >> out of the box. my PDF's aren't being crawled either, from what i can >> tell. >> > Beagle crawls in breadth-first method. In case if you had tried beagle > long back, probably, you might want to swipe off the existing > beagle-index files (typically, rm -rf .beagle) and restart beagle for > re-indexing. Or otherwise, copy your OOo files to your home directory > and beagle will pick it up instantaneously and indexes it immediately. I > am assuming that you have proper latest inotify kernel in place. > >> so when i'm asking about where the filters are, i'm looking for >> something to download. but maybe there's nothing to download. > > > Filters are contained in <prefix>/beagle/Filters/Filters.dll. The > supported filetypes are those that are listed in beagle site. By > default, you get all those filters installed along with beagle. However, > there are few dependencies/packages required for few filters to work. > > They are: > Package/Dependency Filter/Filetype > 1) wv1 MS Word (*.doc) > 2) gsf-sharp MS Powerpoint (*.ppt) > 3) pdfinfo (command line tool) PDF (*.pdf) > > The above dependency/packages are required for beagle to index these files. > > HTH, > > V. Varadhan. > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matt Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sun 1/30/2005 11:51 PM >> To: O'Grady Stephen >> Cc: Jon Trowbridge; Dashboard >> Subject: RE: Office File Status? >> >> http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/#filetypes >> >> On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 22:38 -0600, O'Grady Stephen wrote: >> > maybe i'm being obtuse, but where are the filters? i don't see them on >> > the wiki or the project webpage. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Jon Trowbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Sun 1/30/2005 11:06 PM >> > To: O'Grady Stephen >> > Cc: Dashboard >> > Subject: Re: Office File Status? >> > >> > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 22:23 -0500, Stephen O'Grady wrote: >> > > i'm a bit >> > > unclear on whether OpenOffice files are supported natively by >> > Beagle, >> > >> > OpenOffice files are support by Beagle. There is a separate >> > OpenOffice >> > filter. >> > >> > > might it make sense to have a page on the Wiki that gives current >> > status >> > > vis a vis indexability for Beagle/Dashboard? or is it there and i've >> > > simply missed it? PDF, i believe, is still absent. >> > >> > There is a list at www.gnome.org/projects/beagle, but it might be >> > incomplete. We've had PDF for a while... it is supported via a filter >> > that runs the pdfinfo program. >> > >> > -J >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Dashboard-hackers mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dashboard-hackers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers > > > _______________________________________________ > Dashboard-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers > _______________________________________________ Dashboard-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers
