I know that I asked this question before, but I
don't remember whether
we found a satisfying answer. How should the searching be handled once
we distribute a static HTML tree on CD? Is there anything better than a
javascript hack? Distribute a personal web server along with the files?
What do other projects do in this situation?
For indexing:
htdig or Berkeley DB might do the trick. (htdig indices are fairly
bloated, though, and I'm not sure about the fulltext indexing capabilities
of Berkeley.)
You could use a small cross-platform app (no Java, please) to generate the
results, or query the datastore through a CGI-enabled small webserver like
Fnord:
http://www.fbunet.de/fnord.shtml
The early Britannica used a similar solution.
Regards,
Erik