The programs contained in this package are very well documented.
So just a few comments:

* You can find a sample configuration file swish++.conf in
  /usr/share/doc/swish++/examples/
  (moved from /etc as it is only a sample) 

* Some of the executables had to be renamed in order to avoid name
  confusions (search --> search++ ...) 


* Have a look at www_example if you intent to use swish++ for web
  indexes; so you have to tweak it as the author states.

* (Personal observation: Swish++ is really powerful indexing email
  folders consisting of one file per message. For example
  Gnus-nnml + nnir + swish++ is an amazing combination
  see "/usr/share/doc/swish++/examples/email_indexing/")
    
MH <mhummel@debian.org>