Re: User's preferred search tool

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On 10/30/07, Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've added some patches against libgnome and gnome-control-center on
> bugzilla in order to provide, set and use GConf keys to define the
> preferred search tool to launch.
>
> The reason is simple: there are several search tools available
> (gnome-search-tool, x-nautilus-search:// location, tracker, beagle..)
> but GNOME is still hardcoding the use of gnome-search-tool.
>
> You can see this in Places->Search File menu entry and in SEARCH_KEY key
> supported by gnome-setting-daemon.
>
> 'cause both are the simplest way to launch a search tool, I think is
> really useful make them customizable instead use only gnome-search-tool
>
> The changes are trivial:
>       * add new GConf directory /desktop/gnome/applications/search_tool
>         with keys exec and needs_terminal  - libgnome, patch ready [1]
>       * add new section in Default Applications preferences tool to set
>         the preferred tool -
>         gnome-control-center/capplets/default-application [2]
>       * use the key in gnome-setting-daemon instead hardcoding
>         gnome-search-tool (really useful if you have a keyboard with a
>         "Search" button on it and you don't use g-s-t as your primary
>         tool) - gnome-control-center/gnome-setting-daemon [3]
>       * use the key in gnome-panel (as previous, just patch not yet
>         ready, sorry) - gnome-panel [4]
>       * maybe, but not sure, use in deskbar-applet??
>
> Please comment, review, suggest other presets for default-application
> capplet (currently only g-s-t, tracker, beagle and nautilus) and, if you
> have to power, allow me to apply on trunk :-)
>

Stuffing more and more things into the preferred applications capplet is really
not the way forward. I'll end up like gnome-volume-manager if we
continue this...
Really, we need a single search tool that can talk to various engines.

Matthias