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<h1>Release notes for Recoll 1.17.x</h1>
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<h1>Release notes for Recoll 1.17.x</h1>
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<h2>Caveats</h2>
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<h2>Caveats</h2>
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<p><em>Installing over an older version</em>: 1.17 is fully
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<p><em>Installing over an older version</em>: 1.17 is mostly
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compatible with 1.16 indexes, and mostly compatible with 1.15
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compatible with 1.16 and 1.15 indexes, except for a few
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ones, except for a few differences for weird terms containing
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differences for weird terms containing punctuation
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punctuation signs. Perform a full index pass if installing
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signs. Also, file/document size computations have been
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improved in 1.17 and you'll need an index reset if you want to
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enjoy the new goodness. Always reset the index if installing
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over an older version. The simplest way to do this is to quit
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over an older version (1.14 and older). The simplest way to do
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all recoll programs and just delete the index directory
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this is to quit all recoll programs and just delete the index
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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 cases.</p>
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will do the same in most cases.</p>
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<p>Some new, auxiliary, features do require a full reindex to work:</p>
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<p>Some new, auxiliary, features do require a full reindex to work:</p>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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<li>The file size filtering functions.</li>
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<li>The file size filtering functions.</li>
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query langage (ie: "size>10k size<1m"). For
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query langage (ie: "size>10k size<1m"). For
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documents stored inside archives, the file size stored in
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documents stored inside archives, the file size stored in
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the index is now the actual one, not the archive's as was
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the index is now the actual one, not the archive's as was
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previously the case. Because of this, you will need a full
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previously the case. Because of this, you will need a full
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reindex to completely enable this feature.</li>
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reindex to completely enable this feature.</li>
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<li>Query language: the "dir:" directive now accepts
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<li>Query language: the "dir:" directive now accepts
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non-absolute paths. For example dir:dir1/dir2 will select
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non-absolute paths. For example dir:dir1/dir2 will select
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any file the path of which includes "dir1/dir2".</li>
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any file the path of which includes "dir1/dir2".</li>
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<li>Query language: tilde is now expanded inside a "dir:"
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<li>Query language: tilde is now expanded inside a "dir:"
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<li>GUI: it is now possible to cancel a query that takes too
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<li>GUI: it is now possible to cancel a query that takes too
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long. Because of limitations in Xapian, this forces a program
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long. Because of limitations in Xapian, this forces a program
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exit, but it's probably better than staring at a hung
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exit, but it's probably better than staring at a hung
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Recoll.</li>
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Recoll.</li>
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<li>GUI/advanced search: the dialog gets new sections for
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filtering on file dates and sizes, and has been split into two
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tabs: for search terms, and for filtering.</li>
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<li>GUI/config: new set of dialogs to set up the indexing
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<li>GUI/config: new set of dialogs to set up the indexing
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schedule, either as automatic real time indexing started
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schedule, either as automatic real time indexing started
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with the user session or as discrete cron entries. This
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with the user session or as discrete cron entries. This
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will take care of the details of autostart files or crontab
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will take care of the details of autostart files or crontab
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