Re: Feature discussion: Search field and local search engine

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Sébastien Gendre <seb@k-7.ch> writes:

> For the platform-independence, I think it would depend on the tool used.
>
> PageFind precompiler release, on their Github, is available for x86_64
> GNU/Linux, Apple Darwin and Windows and aarch64 GNU/Linux and Apple
> Darwin.
> ...
> But if we use a search indexer written in interpreted language, as long
> as the interpreter is available, we can run it.

Not trivial :)
We may be able to do it, and I do not see major obstacles as long as we
make this optional (some users frown upon binaries downloaded
automatically, while other users love such automation)

However, I'd first start from implementing the feature under assumption
that the indexer/search engine is already installed. We can add
auto-downloading after we have the rest.

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