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'''Official page''': http://www.danielnaber.de/loook/
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'''Official page''': http://mechtilde.de/Loook
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The actual version is 0.8.0.
  
 
'''Loook is a simple Python tool that searches for text strings in OpenOffice.org (and StarOffice 6.0 or later) files. It works under Linux, Windows and Macintosh.''' AND, OR and phrase searches are supported. It doesn't create an index, but searching should be fast enough unless you have really many files.
 
'''Loook is a simple Python tool that searches for text strings in OpenOffice.org (and StarOffice 6.0 or later) files. It works under Linux, Windows and Macintosh.''' AND, OR and phrase searches are supported. It doesn't create an index, but searching should be fast enough unless you have really many files.
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It can also search in files created by Microsoft Word (*.docx), Excel (*.xlsx) and PowerPoint (*.pptx).
  
 
If you experience problems (e.g. files not found) please start loook.py from a shell and check if there are warnings or errors.
 
If you experience problems (e.g. files not found) please start loook.py from a shell and check if there are warnings or errors.
  
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'''Download Loook''' 0.6.5: [http://www.danielnaber.de/loook/loook.zip loook.zip] (12KB, released 2006-07-16)
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'''Download Loook''': [http://mechtilde.de/Loook Loook] for Linux and Windows
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It has a translatable GUI.  
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'''Requirements''':
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for Loook > 0.7: Python 3 or later
  
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'''Requirements''': Python 2.2 or later and Tkinter (this is usually part of Python and doesn't have to be installed separately)
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'''License''': Loook is freely available under the GPL v2+.
  
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'''License''': Loook is freely available under the GPL.
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It is also available as a Debian package for the next stable Release Jessie.
  
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'''Changes''':
 
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* 0.6.4 to 0.6.5: Fixed problems with filenames that contain special (non-ASCII) characters -- thanks to Roman Shiryaev
 
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* 0.6.3 to 0.6.4: Fixed starting OpenOffice.org on Windows -- thanks to Matthias Hüning
 
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* 0.6.2 to 0.6.3: Added support for the new file formats of OpenOffice.org 2.x; sort results by file name; made saving configuration more robust
 
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* 0.6.1 to 0.6.2: Should now also work on Windows98
 
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* 0.6 to 0.6.1: Search directory can now be set via command line, e.g.: <br /> <tt>loook.py ~/Documents term1 term2</tt> <br /> The number of searched OpenOffice.org files is now printed in the status bar.
 
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* 0.5 to 0.6: loook.py now remembers your directory settings (path to OOo and search path).
 
  
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Revision as of 05:46, 23 October 2014

Official page: http://mechtilde.de/Loook

The actual version is 0.8.0.

Loook is a simple Python tool that searches for text strings in OpenOffice.org (and StarOffice 6.0 or later) files. It works under Linux, Windows and Macintosh. AND, OR and phrase searches are supported. It doesn't create an index, but searching should be fast enough unless you have really many files.

It can also search in files created by Microsoft Word (*.docx), Excel (*.xlsx) and PowerPoint (*.pptx).

If you experience problems (e.g. files not found) please start loook.py from a shell and check if there are warnings or errors.

Download Loook: Loook for Linux and Windows It has a translatable GUI.

Requirements: for Loook > 0.7: Python 3 or later

License: Loook is freely available under the GPL v2+.

It is also available as a Debian package for the next stable Release Jessie.

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