Re: [Tracker] Tracker-Setup

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2006/9/10, Samuel Cormier-Iijima <sciyoshi gmail com>:

Is anything like Beagle's BEST [1] planned for Tracker? I'd be glad to
help out with that too...

[1] http://beagle-project.org/Best_Screenshots

I have a small Project called Barracuda, which is probably the closest thing right now. It is a Python based GTK front end to Tracker.
http://www.grillbar.org/wordpress/?page_id=166

There's not much right now but it is functional. It works only with Tracker 0.3 and 0.4 I think... I have a lot of changes in store and a lot of loose ideas of some serious bling, which I will realize when the next Tracker release hits the block.
 

On 9/10/06, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk > wrote:
> Mike Dobbs wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > So I finally tried Tracker and love it.  I thought it missed a nice
> > little GUI setup program, so I hacked up a simple gtk tracker-setup.
> > I've attached the code (GPL License) with a simple Makefile in case
> > anyone is interested.
> >
>
> Great thanks very much. (btw some of those options are obsolete but dont
> worry about it!)
>
> I was planning to do a config wizard type app with a notification icon
> that would also auto activate trackerd at startup so yeah your stuff
> will save me some time there.
>
> I also think it should be combined with the official gui for tracker
> which will either be one I (or someone else) write in C or Mikkel's
> Barracuda in python
>
> I figure a gui in C would be necessary at some point if I want other
> desktops like XFCE to use it.

Yeah. I have mixed fealings about Barracuda. I think Python is a great way to get a lot of cool functionality within a easily managed codebase (and that is exactly the aim of Barracuda). There is a non negligible memory overhead though and to really do Tracker justice a C front end is needed (atm there are very slim chances of me having resources to contribute there though).

Cheers,
Mikkel