Re: [Tracker] Suggestion for default directories

[Rainer M Krug <r m krug gmail com>]

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On 14/09/11 16:32, Martyn Russell wrote:
> On 14/09/11 15:26, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> > > Something I have wanted to do for a long time is to make the
> > > XDG dirs actual buttons and not weird strings in the list :) So
> > > they're really just toggle buttons. One for documentation could
> > > also be useful I agree.
> >
> > Would be really nice - but why do I need $PCTURES, if I include
> > $HOME as well? OK - if one of the other directories is not under
> > $HOME, it would make sense.
>
> We index $HOME non-recursively currently. We then do the XDG dirs 
> recursively after that. Which makes sense if you think about it
> because people often store crap in other directories and important
> things like Music, Images, Videos, etc in the XDG dirs (unless they
> have some other legacy system in place) - either way if users don't
> care about where so much as a symbol (i.e. my Documents directory)
> then it is much better for us and them.

OK - makes sense.
But I used a few times "tracker-control -c" and at least in the
version from git, I am quite sure, that $HOME was not in the
non-recursive category.

> > > > In addition, would it be possible to add the indexing of
> > > > emails in local directories (maildir and I have forgotten the
> > > > other format at the moment), and an identification of those
> > > > as emails?
> > >
> > > That's a question for Philip.
> >
> > Hopefully he has an idea?
>
> He's our email guru :)

Let the guru do his magic...

Rainer

>


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