desktop-search

Desktop search utility for pdf,chm and djvu files

I want to write a tool that helps me search pdf/chm/djvu files in linux. Any pointers on how to go about it? The major problem is reading/importing data from all these files. Can this be done with C and shell scripting? ...

Which is the best desktop search for programmers?

Can anyone recommend a desktop search product that specifically targets the development community? I know that Google Desktop Search, Copernic Desktop Search and Windows Search can all search through source code (PHP, C#, VB, C++, SQL, etc) with some tweaking. However none seem to handle programming fundamentals very well (like .NET name...

Tools for searching offline website

I built a website which runs on localhost and is pretty big by now. What are the tools for indexing and searching my offline website ? For example if my website is placed in the directory c:\mywebsite\ , i just want to submit this directory to the indexing software/tool and then it should work something like Google. I want it to be funct...