[PLUG] Swish++ is very good. (Re: Search engines, robots.txt)

[Mark Griskey]

If you are compiling from source, you may need to lower the Word_Threshold 
value in config.h.  I have found that even on the most robust Linux machines, 
the default is too high, which according to the comments, was set for a Sparc 
machine running Solaris.  Also be sure to make sure the defined temp 
directory is adequate.  Actually, Swish++ won't compile until you define this 
variable. 

Also, you can play around with the parameters in config.h, it defines things 
such as what characters are letters, how many consecutive consonants a word 
may have, etc.  This is very useful if you need to tailor the search to fit 
your needs. ( We needed to be able to search for ISBN numbers. )

Mark

On Tuesday 03 December 2002 01:52 am, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 14:33, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> > I have installed swish++, but still need to configure it and create a
> > search page for it.  Right now, I'm on my way out the door; time for my
> > workout.  Later on this evening, I'll spend a little time on it.
>
> I am working on this right now.  If anyone wants a search engine for
> anything, whether it be a web site, man pages, email archives, .doc
> files, .pdf, .ps, what have you, Swish++ looks to be the one to use!  It
> can even output the search results as XML of some sort.
>
>
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