--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
Dockes</holder>
</copyright>
- <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.30 2006-12-18 12:06:11 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
+ <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.31 2006-12-20 09:54:17 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
<abstract>
<para>This document introduces full text search notions
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@
agents like <application>thunderbird</application>
usually store messages in hidden directories, and you
probably want this indexed. One possible solution is to
- have <userinput>.*</userinput> in
+ have <filename>.*</filename> in
<literal>skippedNames</literal>, and add things like
<filename>~/.thunderbird</filename> or
<filename>~/.evolution</filename> in
@@ -1656,12 +1656,19 @@
<para><filename>mimemap</filename> also has a
<literal>recoll_noindex</literal> variable which is a list of
- suffixes. Matching files will be skipped (avoids unnecessary
- decompressions or <command>file</command> executions). This is
- partially redundant with <literal>skippedNames</literal> in
- the main configuration file, with two differences: it will not
- affect directories, and it can be changed for any
- sub-directory.</para>
+ suffixes. Matching files will be skipped (which avoids
+ unnecessary decompressions or <command>file</command>
+ executions). This is partially redundant with
+ <literal>skippedNames</literal> in the main configuration
+ file, with two differences: it will not affect directories,
+ and it cannot be made dependant on the file-system location
+ (it is a configuration-wide parameter). You could accomplish
+ with <literal>skippedNames</literal> anything that
+ <literal>recoll_noindex</literal> does. The latter is used
+ mostly for things known to be unindexable by a given &RCL;
+ version. Having it there avoids cluttering the more
+ user-oriented and locally customized
+ <literal>skippedNames</literal>.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -1672,14 +1679,15 @@
different mime types are handled for indexing, and which icons
are displayed in the <command>recoll</command> result lists.</para>
- <para>Changing the indexing parameters is probably not a
- good idea except if you are a &RCL; developers.</para>
-
- <para>You can change the icons which are displayed by
- <command>recoll</command> in the result lists (the values are
- the basenames of the png images inside the
- <filename>iconsdir</filename> directory (specified in
- <filename>recoll.conf</filename>).</para>
+ <para>Changing the parameters in the [index] section is
+ probably not a good idea except if you are a &RCL;
+ developer.</para>
+
+ <para>The [icons] section allows you to change the icons which
+ are displayed by <command>recoll</command> in the result
+ lists (the values are the basenames of the png images inside
+ the <filename>iconsdir</filename> directory (specified in
+ <filename>recoll.conf</filename>).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="rclinstall.config.mimeview">