Re: [Tracker] Images - show in "All Files" but not in "Images"

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 07:27 -0500, Anita Lewis wrote:
> Anita Lewis wrote:
> > Anita Lewis wrote:
> > > I have an image that has a comment "Joanne" in the exif.  When I search
> > > on Joanne with the setting for All Files, the image shows up in the
> > > search report.  When I select "Images" the image does not show up in the
> > > search report.
> > >
> > > Is this expected behavior?
>
> I am convinced now that this is expected behavior. I realized that
> adding metadata to the image did not really change the file.  I
> discovered to my delight that if I edit a text file and immediately do a
> search on the term, I find that file.  It only makes sense that just
> adding a tag or metadata would not make a change that gets picked up in
> the same way.
>
> I did not find anything in the manpages that tells me how to do a new
> index like tracker does when it first starts.  I assume that doing that
> might pick up the added comments in exif on images.
>
> Is there a way to create a fresh database?
yes delete the old one :)

either delete ~/.tracker or ~/.cache/tracker