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<p><em>Installing over an older version</em>: 1.18 introduces
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<p><em>Installing over an older version</em>: 1.18 introduces
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significant index formats changes to support optional
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significant index formats changes to support optional
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character case and diacritics sensitivity, and it will be
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character case and diacritics sensitivity, and it will be
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advisable to reset the index in most cases. This will be best
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advisable to reset the index in most cases. This will be best
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done by destroying the index directory (<tt>rm -rf
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done by destroying the index directory (<tt>rm -rf
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~/.recoll/xapiandb</tt>).</p>
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~/.recoll/xapiandb</tt>).<br>
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<p><em>If</em> the 1.18 index is not configured for case and
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<em>If</em> 1.18 is not configured for case and
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diacritics sensitivity, it is mostly compatible with 1.17
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diacritics sensitivity, it is mostly compatible with 1.17
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indexes though.</p>
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indexes.</p>
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<p>Case/diacritics sensitivity is off by default for this
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<p>Case/diacritics sensitivity is off by default for this
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release. It can be turned on <em>only</em> by editing recoll.conf
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release. It can be turned on <em>only</em> by editing recoll.conf
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(<a href="usermanual/usermanual.html#RCL.INDEXING.CONFIG.SENS">
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(see the manual). If you do so, you must then reset the index.</p>
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see the manual</a>). If you do so, you must then reset the index.</p>
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<p>Always reset the index if installing over an even older
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<p>Always reset the index if installing over an even older
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version (1.16 and older). The simplest way to do this is to
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version (1.16 and older). The simplest way to do this is to
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quit all recoll programs and just delete the index directory
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quit all recoll programs and just delete the index directory
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(<span class="literal">rm -rf ~/.recoll/xapiandb</span>),
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(<span class="literal">rm -rf ~/.recoll/xapiandb</span>),
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then start recoll or
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then start recoll or
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recollindex. <span class="literal">recollindex -z</span>
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recollindex. <span class="literal">recollindex -z</span>
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will do the same in most, but not all, cases.</p>
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will do the same in most, but not all, cases.</p>
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<p>The subdirectories of xapiandb which were previously used to
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<p>The subdirectories of xapiandb which were previously used to
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store the stem expansion database (stem_english,
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store the stem expansion database (stem_english,
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stem_french...) are not used anymore, because the data is now
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stem_french...) are not used anymore, because the data is now
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stored in the Xapian synonyms table. They will stay around if
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stored in the Xapian synonyms table. They will stay around if
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<h2>Changes</h2>
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<h2>Changes</h2>
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<p>Recoll 1.18 has some major changes, the most visible of
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<p>Recoll 1.18 has some major changes, the most visible of
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which is the ability to search for exact matches of character case
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which is the ability to search for exact matches of character case
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and diacritics.</p>
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and diacritics.</p>
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<p>Recoll 1.18.0 changes:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The index can now be configured for case and diacritics
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<li>The index can now be configured for case and diacritics
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sensitivity, in which case raw terms are indexed. On such an
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sensitivity, in which case raw terms are indexed. On such an
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respect after upgrading if you do not turn it on
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respect after upgrading if you do not turn it on
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explicitely. Even on a raw index, most searches should
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explicitely. Even on a raw index, most searches should
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behave like they did in 1.17. Sensitivity must be
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behave like they did in 1.17. Sensitivity must be
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explicitely requested in most cases.</li>
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explicitely requested in most cases.</li>
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<li>The advanced search screen now has a history
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function. While the focus is in this window, you
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can walk the history of searches using the up and down
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arrows.</li>
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<li>Recoll has a new capacity to store page break locations
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<li>Recoll has a new capacity to store page break locations
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and use them when opening a document at the location for a
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and use them when opening a document at the location for a
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given match. It will also pass a search string to the viewer
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given match. This currently works with PDF, Postscript and DVI
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application. This currently works with PDF, Postscript and DVI
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documents, and the <b>evince</b> viewer.</li>
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documents, and, optimally, the <b>evince</b> viewer.</li>
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<li>Recoll can now also pass a search string to the native
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<li>The GUI result list has a new "snippets" window for
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application (again, works with <b>evince</b>).</li>
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documents with page numbers, which let the user choose a
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snippet and open the document at the appropriate page.</li>
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<li>There is a list of MIME types that should be opened with
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<li>There is a list of MIME types that should be opened with
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the locally configured application even when <em>Use
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the locally configured application even when <em>Use
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Desktop Preferences</em> is checked. This will permit, for
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Desktop Preferences</em> is checked. This will permit, for
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example, using <b>evince</b> for its page access
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example, using <b>evince</b> for its page access
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it contains PDF, Postscript and DVI, so you may want to
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it contains PDF, Postscript and DVI, so you may want to
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reset it after installation if you want to keep the previous
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reset it after installation if you want to keep the previous
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behaviour (losing the page number functionality). This can
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behaviour (losing the page number functionality). This can
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be done from the <em>Preferences->Gui Configuration</em>
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be done from the <em>Preferences->Gui Configuration</em>
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menu.</li>
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menu.</li>
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<li>The GUI result list has a new "snippets" window for
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documents with page numbers, which let the user choose a
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snippet and open the document at the appropriate page.</li>
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<li>The advanced search screen now has a history
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function. While the focus is in this window, you
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can walk the history of searches using the up and down
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arrows.</li>
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<li>We now allow multiple directory specifications in the query
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<li>We now allow multiple directory specifications in the query
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language, as in: <i>dir:/home/me -dir:tmp</i></li>
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language, as in: <i>dir:/home/me -dir:tmp</i></li>
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<li>The search inside the GUI preview window, has been
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<li>The search inside the GUI preview window, has been
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