----- Original Message ----- From: "Noam Raphael" <noamraph@gmail.com>

I intend to write a free (GPL) application for browsing and searching a large collection of classic Hebrew texts, such as the bible. I want to write it in Python, which is a language that I like very much. It is supposed to be a stand-alone application, which could be distributed on a CD.

Some semi-special things I want the search to be able to do: It should be possible to select which books to search. I might want to allow some specific variations on the typed words, which are common in Hebrew. Another thing that may be nice is to find multiple results within one document, since some texts are quite long.

I've found that Zope's ZCatalog is based on Catalog, which is said to be possible to run without the full Zope. If you are familiar with ZCatalog, perhaps you can help me a bit, or point me to places where to find what I need. I ask, first, if it is reasonable to use Catalog for such a task. I also want to know which parts of Zope are relevant for what I need. A general overview about how it works would also be very nice.

Here are some code chunks that may get you going in the right direction: #!/apps/zope/bin/python sys.path.append("/apps/zope/lib/python") # change this to work in your environment import Zope app=Zope.app() from Testing import makerequest app = makerequest.makerequest(app) REQUEST = app.REQUEST newobj = app.sw.WebSitesFolder.WebSitesData.manage_addProduct ['SWV2'].WebSites.createInObjectManager(REQUEST['id'], REQUEST) app.sw.WebSitesFolder.Catalog.catalog_object(newobj, recid) This was taken from a stand-alone python routine which we use to bulk update a ZCatalog (data read in from files on the filesystem). Zope is not running when we execute this routine. HTH Jonathan