On 09/04/07, Ian Smith <ismith(a)good.com> wrote:
So, in an attempt to take the heat out of this and get
to facts, what I think you're looking for is an extension to:
1. allow admins to configure decoders for specific document types
2. run the right decoder (if any) when a document is uploaded
3. add the resulting plain text to the "searchindex" table.
You would then have to find, install and configure decoders for your most-used document
types.
Sounds good. e.g. Antiword is a quick way to turn a Word document into
indexable text.
Now all MediaWiki needs is a text search that doesn't suck ;-p
- d.