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so lets say I built the docs api and have a local copy on my server, what kind of tool could I use to just stick a search onto it without a database? I have been using textmate and find all but theres gotta be a cleaner tool just for stuff like that..
It's not a rails question but just a seek and find question visually instead of grep preferably with ajax 
Non i'm just being picky 
Last edited by tripdragon (2006-09-25 11:11:09)
You mean like a browser-based method for searching these files? I assume so, since you mentioned AJAX.
If you wanted to write something for it, you'd need some sort of server-side language, be it php, ruby, perl, what have you to open the files, loop through them and check the contents.
Otherwise, check HOtScripts for a search script in the language of your hoice.
If you have a local copy of the API you can probably use a desktop search tool like Spotlight (Mac) or the Google Desktop Search app (Windows) to quickly scan files for what you want.
If you have a local copy of the API you can probably use a desktop search tool like Spotlight (Mac) or the Google Desktop Search app (Windows) to quickly scan files for what you want.
OSX spotlights kinda dinky slow. and not really smart, just a basic search engine like search engines are but local without all of teh data needing to be inside databases.. Eh, guess it's not real hince the reason for databases in the first place
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