Ihor Radchenko writes: > Before I continue with my replies, I'd like to add one general comment. > > You are suggesting a number of new diverse features. > Ideally, it is better to discuss and add them separately. > Especially, when we move ahead and discuss the concrete implementations > or patches. > > I will also provide some links to existing discussions on similar > features. It is a good idea to continue those discussions, so that we do > not spread things across the mailing list too much. > > Sébastien Gendre writes: It's a good idea. I have created a first thread to discuss the local search engine here: https://list.orgmode.org/87a5ev31ul.fsf@k-7.ch/T/#u > Let me clarify. > Unless an indexer is very simple, we do not really want it in Org - it > will put a lot of extra load on maintainers. > > On the other side, we do not want to tie things to some project that > may fade out in 10 years into the future. > > The way I see search engine support in Org mode is either: > > 1. Using some really established project that we can expect to last for > many years. > > 2. Implementing pluggable search support where users can choose which > indexer/searcher to use > > (2) will be the best. > > So, may you please search across available search engines and see what > they have in common. Then, we can work out some infrastructure that is > generic enough to plug a custom engine. > > Then, pagefind can be the default (it is MIT license - GPL compatible), > unless someone proposes a better alternative. I have replied to this part on my first reply to the thread about the search engine, at "Remarks #1": https://list.orgmode.org/878quf1ji0.fsf@k-7.ch/T/#m2425dcfc7665e88aefcbd81800d2d83aef98cd5b For the other parts, I have take notes of your replies and will reply on the specific threads. Thank you very much for all your replies. :) Best regards ------- Gendre Sébastien