Indexing PDF documents

1. Free indexing engines
Q: What free indexing engines can handle PDF? [Q172]
2. Configuring htdig
Q: How do I configure htdig to index PDF documents? [Q173]

1. Free indexing engines

Q: What free indexing engines can handle PDF? [Q172]

A: htdig (http://www.htdig.org) has been able to index PDF documents for quite some time. I am not sure if it can handle compressed PDF streams though.

Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com) [A261]

2. Configuring htdig

Q: How do I configure htdig to index PDF documents? [Q173]

A: See the FAQ, "4.9. How do I index PDF files?", at http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html to get more information.

Olaf Mueller (hobbit-post@istari.de) [A262]