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| author | Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-06 14:24:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-06 14:24:26 +0000 |
| commit | d1c15c822eef48c5c5c8f1d9c9270c75399a704d (patch) | |
| tree | 7ab95530ca2386e999c43a7436ce445b723d7e20 /textproc/isearch/pkg-descr | |
| parent | f0267c266ff12f5798afcc48bb417ee5e9cc80a6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/textproc/isearch/pkg-descr b/textproc/isearch/pkg-descr index da2864ccf52b..370f45601b10 100644 --- a/textproc/isearch/pkg-descr +++ b/textproc/isearch/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ -Isearch is a software system for searching though large amounts of text. -The system allows a user to very quickly find out what documents are -available that contain certain words. Unlike older search systems, Isearch -does not use a list of keywords or an abstract; every word of every -document can be checked. This allows greatly improved chances of -discovering new information in old collections. +Isearch is an open source software package for indexing and searching +text documents. It supports full text and field based searching, +relevance ranked results, and Boolean queries, and it can index many +kinds of documents, including HTML, mail folders, list digests, and +text with SGML-style mark up. Additional document types can be added +as C++ modules. Isearch also includes CGI tools to provide a web +interface for searching + +WWW: http://www.etymon.com/Isearch/ + +Paul Marquis +pmarquis@pobox.com |