Hi All, So, I went off and learned about compiling and linking and C++ and makefiles, and I've got a very early version search daemon working. It's got a couple of minor bugs, but I wanted to bring it up again as a possible unencumbered search and indexing solution. I set up a project page at clucened.com, and there is a pointer to my test implementation. Currently it isn't pointed at the categories index, but I'll do that shortly. I also posted the source code for the searcher daemon. I will work on fixing the bugs, implementing paging, etc., etc.,... I'd love any feedback. Yes, I already know my code is really rough and needs a lot of improvement and more error checking, but it'll get there. ("Release early and often"). Aerik