Re: [Tracker] Tomboy integration

[Ivan Frade <ivan frade nokia com>]

Hi Dustin,

 Good research job :) 

> * trackerd/tracker-utils.h *
> - additional type in FileTypes
> - additional status in IndexStatus
>
> * trackerd/trackerd.c *
> - process_files_thread()
>       - add additional "case" (according to IndexStatus) to switch-statement:
> add directory that needs to be indexed
> - index_entity()
>       - add additional "else"-case that calls new tracker_db-funtion
> (tracker_db_index_notes())
> * trackerd/tracker-db.c *
> - new function tracker_db_index_notes()
>       - calls tracker_db_infex_file
> - tracker_db_infex_file()
>       - change service lists at beginning: add file type where necessary

 Those hardcoded lists will disappear with patch #523200 if it is
accepted.


> I know that tracker differentiates between the meta data and the
> contents of a file. It shouldn't be a problem for me to add another file
> to tracker-extract that extracts the available meta data from a Tomboy
> note (title, tags, ...).
>
> But I am not sure where I have to put the information about how to index
> the *contents* of a file. Which files are responsible for this task?

Ok, Tracker will:

 - obtain the service type of the file from the mimetype 
 - if the service-type has metadata:
    calls "tracker-extract uri mimetype"
 - if the service-type has full text:
    extract the contents (with a filter if neccesary)
       [tracker_metatada_get_text_file]
    add the contents to the index
       [tracker_db_index_service]


 Take into account that mimetype of tomboy files is "text/plain". You
must add a lot of exceptions everywhere :( 
 
 Good luck, cheer up!

Ivan


> Dustin
>
>
> Ivan Frade wrote:
> > Hi Dustin,
> >
> >  I think it is great idea. Feel free to work on it ;)
> >
> > > I think that this is a solvable task (Beagle already does it) and would
> > > like to help integrating Tomboy. Since both projects are new to me, I
> > > would like to hear your opinion on how complex the integration would be.
> > > Do you think a Tracker newbie can handle this? :)
> >
> >  It would be great to add such functionality without modifying tracker
> > source code, but at the moment it is not possible. 
> >
> >  I think you should:
> >
> > 1) Add a new category in tracker for TomboyNotes
> > 2) Index the contents of .tomboy directory under that category
> > 3) Apply an special filter for Tomboy notes (<- This the difficult point
> > because the filter is chosen by mimetype)
> >
> >  For 1) and 2) follow the example of "WebHistory" category. 
> >
> >  Give it a try, and if you need some help, dont hesitate to ask in the
> > mail list,
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dustin
> >
> > Ivan