Recoll user manual

Jean-Francois Dockes

This document introduces full text search notions and describes the installation and use of the Recoll application.


Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Giving it a try
1.2. Full text search
1.3. Recoll overview
2. Indexation
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The indexation configuration
2.3. Starting indexation
2.4. Using cron to automate indexation
3. Search
3.1. Simple search
3.2. Complex/advanced search
3.3. Document history
3.4. Result list sorting
3.5. Search tips, shortcuts
3.6. Customising the search interface
4. Installation
4.1. Building from source
4.1.1. Prerequisites
4.1.2. Building
4.1.3. Installation
4.2. Installing a prebuilt copy
4.2.1. Installing through a package system
4.2.2. Installing a prebuilt Recoll
4.3. Configuration overview
4.3.1. Main configuration file
4.3.2. The mimemap file
4.3.3. The mimeconf file