Replying to LO28880 --
Peter Westerhof inquires:
> Problem:
> I am looking for a freeware tool which enables full text and Bolean
> searching in all documents and textformats (including PDF) I like The
> Sleuthhound! a lot, it also has a PDF-plugin. However, it is not freeware.
Here's a reference that I found on another list (haven't tried it myself):
> Had another thought. Here is a free program for locating text in
> files, it is very fast. In its right pane, it displays the lines in
> the file where matching text is found (useful with text files); in
> its left pane it shows the file names. You can launch the files in
> their associated programs by double clicking them. Although not a
> data base for organizing files, this could certainly be useful for
> locating files and correlating information on your disk.
> http://www.agentransack.com/index.asp
Also, you might check www.sourceforge.net, a home for lots of open source
software; I believe there are several "information retrieval" projects
there. Look for one that's fairly mature, and looks to have a user
community; a lot of the projects there are still in primitive stages.
Just as a question, why is freeware a requirement? If it's just the
ability to try before you buy, you should also check the shareware
sources.
Also, thanks to Jan for the Wiki "LearningOrganization" reference. Silly
me, I visit that web often and never thought to check. As an answer to
"how does it work?", I'd offer http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEssence, which
contains a conversation on just that topic (or maybe it's "why does it
work?"). For a bit of becoming, look at
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory.
(Rick, maybe it'd be worth asking Ward Cunningham, the father of the web,
to offer an essay here on something like "how the WikiWikiWeb learns".)
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