On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 15:29 +0000, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >> This is a debian-user question. Learn to use 'apt-cache search' -- >> there must be at least a hundred packages in Debian for what you >> describe, from note taking to mind mappming to personal wikis. >> >> Don't abuse debian-science because you think of yourself as a scientist. > > I don't agree that this constitutes "abuse" of debian-science. This > list is for discussion of tools for scientific development, and a couple > of long threads have dealt with typesetting tools suited for science. > If typesetting is on-topic, why not data management? > > That said, I'll echo the recommendation to use apt-cache search. The OP should consider one of the many systems (beagle, tracker, namazu, ...) to maintain an index of a filestore. Many will attempt to extract terms from document formats (.tex. pdf, .doc, html, etc). Also, agrep is designed to improve on grep for searching text stores. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]