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Is tracker supposed to index the contents of PDF files?

Asked by Shane H

As far as I know, Tracker is supposed to be a libre alternative to Google Desktop search.

Google Desktop search indexes the contents your PDFs, other documents, emails, etc.

I have alot of PDF files which I downloaded from the internet with names like 'analysis111.pdf'.

Obviously, I can't remember all these filenames. But I can remember bits of the content of each document. (E.g. the PDF might contain the word 'convergence').

I tried searching for documents which I definitely know have certain phrases, but they didn't appear.

Will Tracker ever support full-content search?

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

I recommend Recoll. However, remember that pdf-as-images wont be searchable. The text must be encoded as text.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Recoll

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Shane H (shane.h) said : 		#2

Recoll looks interesting!

In my opinion, this feature should be integrated into Tracker, as it is the main way to search for files on Ubuntu.

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