On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Axel Boldt wrote:
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?
Several thoughts:
* Rather than a static HTML tree (which will grow too big for a CD without
compression sooner or later), store compressed and indexed wikitext, and
distribute it with a dedicated reader, which will have a search mechanism
built in to it. (Related to or the same as a dedicated writer... see
discussions on meta)
* A Java hack
* Write a helper program to do searching, include compiled versions for
major platforms. (But how to integrate with browser?)
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)