Free-text search...

aSteve641 · 06-08-2011, 10:01 AM

I'm enjoying using Calibre to manage electronic books and other technical documents - it is far better than trying to do it by hand using directories.

What I'd like to be able to do is search for keywords in my documents - not just in the meta data.

One option would be to use a tool like Google Desktop Search independently of Calibre - but that makes it difficult, for example, to also restrict my search to books with specific tags or other meta-data.

It would be great if there were a way to integrate Calibre with something like Recoll - for an integrated document/library management experience.

Are there any plans to support this sort of functionality - either in Calibre itself, using plugins?

kovidgoyal · 06-08-2011, 10:12 AM

Full text search is on the todo list.

06-08-2011, 10:01 AM	#1
aSteve641 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	Free-text search... I'm enjoying using Calibre to manage electronic books and other technical documents - it is far better than trying to do it by hand using directories. What I'd like to be able to do is search for keywords in my documents - not just in the meta data. One option would be to use a tool like Google Desktop Search independently of Calibre - but that makes it difficult, for example, to also restrict my search to books with specific tags or other meta-data. It would be great if there were a way to integrate Calibre with something like Recoll - for an integrated document/library management experience. Are there any plans to support this sort of functionality - either in Calibre itself, using plugins?

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06-08-2011, 10:12 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,231 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Full text search is on the todo list.

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