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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-kde] Baloo, it would be nice (usability)
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jos () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2014-05-07 16:24:20
Message-ID: 1481690.vVSWvmgMRp () jos-desktop
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On Saturday 03 May 2014 11:14:28 Anton Aylward wrote:
> On 05/03/2014 07:45 AM, Rodney Baker wrote:
> > On Sat, 3 May 2014 12:40:39 Hans de Faber wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> Most of the time I don't need an indexer,i want a >>>simple<<< way to
> >> switch it on and off.
> >> (This is no problem or additional complexity, maybe a present for
> >> christmas.)
> > 
> > Add the KDE Extra Unstable repository for openSuSE 13.1...
> > 
> > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/Extra/openSUSE_1
> > 3.1/
> > 
> > ...and install the "baloo kcm" package. It adds a "Desktop Search -
> > Advanced" item to "Configure Desktop" and gives you much finer grained
> > control, including the ability to switch it on and off with a simple
> > checkbox. Almost like nepomuk's old control panel. :)
> > 
> > Yes, it is still under development and it is not (yet) part of the
> > official repositories but IMHO it should be pushed upstream. Kudos to
> > the developer who contributed this - it should really have been part of
> > the baloo package from day 1.
> > 
> > It also adds the ability to tell baloo exactly what extra directories to
> > index, not just what to exclude. Negative AND positive control. Much
> > better.> 
> > :)
> 
> Yes, much better!
> 
> I do have a usability question.
> 
> The 'file manager' mode of Konqueror seems to be 'embedded dolphin'.
> If you don't have dolphin installed then the file manager mode of Konq
> doesn't work.
> But there doesn't seem to be the search facility on the interface
> available with Konqueror.  Am I missing something?
> 
> 
> While on the 'Am I missing something' tack ...
> Using dolphin, the search seems to be simply by keyword.
> I tried indexing my ~/Documents and I'm finding this useless because its
> overwhelming.  Is there some kind of boolean search or the kind of
> search many fill text databases have where you can say things like
> 
>    <keyword> in the same paragraph as <another keyword>
> 
> or similar expression such as "within 100 words of", "on the same page
> as"or other things I've encountered in commercial whole text software
> and databases.
It will probably technically be possible, but afaiks dolphin lacks the UI for 
this. I think it should order the results based on how close the words are 
that you enter, how about that. Hmmm, that's actually worth a feature 
request... Let me mail Peter :D
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