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+<?
+$string['blockname'] = 'Global Search';
+$string['configbuttonlabel'] = 'Button label';
+$string['configenablefileindexing'] = 'Enable file indexing';
+$string['configfiletypes'] = 'File types handled';
+$string['configlimitindexbody'] = 'Indexed body size limitation';
+$string['configpdftotextcmd'] = 'Path to command pdftotext';
+$string['configwordtotextcmd'] = 'Path to command doctotext';
+$string['configwordtotextenv'] = 'Environment setting for the MSWord converter';
+$string['configsearchtext'] = 'Search text';
+$string['go'] = 'Go!';
+$string['bytes'] = ' bytes (0 stands for no limits)';
+$string['searchmoodle'] = 'Search Moodle';
+?>
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