Re: Proposing Tracker for inclusion into GNOME 2.18

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Sanford Armstrong wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Don Scorgie <DonScorgie blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 00:07 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> > > Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > > > <quote who="Jamie McCracken">
> > > >
> > > > > t-s-t uses the same code as g-s-t so it inherits the working code. Its a
> > > > > better search tool because it can show search snippets like google as well
> > > > > as providing high speed search.
> > > > And it does so by using... Tracker? Which means you're not just proposing
> > > > t-s-t, but the Tracker indexer and database? You really need to start being
> > > > clear now.
> > > yes we are proposing the lot - sorry for any confusion there
> > One question (sorry for my ignorance): Does the replacement of g-s-t by
> > t-s-t mean that in order to search files, the tracker deamon needs to be
> > running?
>
> Also, I presume this means that only indexed files can be located?

yes - tracker can be configured to index multiple root directories and 
partitions

> What if I have file types that tracker doesn't know/care about?  Do I
> have to resort to using command line tools for a simple search based
> on filename/date/etc?

the only files we dont index are hidden files (or in hidden directories)



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