Exactly. I use QS for searching too, when I know the name of the file I want, which is most of the time. I use Spotlight itself mostly when I cannot remember where something is or what it is called.
On May 16, 10:44 pm, sclough <[email protected]> wrote: > So, if I understand it correctly, using the Spotlight catalog sources > rather than the normal QS catalog sources should cut down resources > usage because QS no longer has to maintain the index, correct? I'm > assuming the normal QS ranking, etc still works correctly. I use QS > for both searches, in the sense of launching an app or document, but > also for doing a lot of actions. I've pretty much ignored the > Spotlight module, but after using QSB, I was just wondering if I could > reduce some QS resource usage on finding things in the catalog by just > pointing it to spotlight as it's catalog. It sounds like the answer is > yes, so I guess I just need to install the spotlight module and play > with it. > > On May 16, 6:47 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my opinion, the Spotlight plugin is primarily useful for providing > > Spotlight-based catalogue sources to QS. For example, instead of QS's > > own Find All Applications catalogue entry, which has to actually > > search through the entire file system looking for applications, I use > > a Spotlight catalogue entry that searches using the string "kind:app" > > for it's criteria. Instead of having to traverse the file system (and > > consuming system resources to do so), QS now just asks Spotlight for > > the info, and receives a nicely packaged list of file paths to add to > > the catalogue. > > > In my experience, the various Spotlight search actions are not very > > useful. The existing Spotlight interface is already well adapted to > > performing its task: search. Quicksilver's interface is geared towards > > a different function: action. If all you need to do is run a search, > > the existing Spotlight interface already does a good job of that, so > > just press Cmd-Space to invoke it. On the other hand, If you want to > > do something with your data, call up Quicksilver and tell it your > > bidding. > > > On May 16, 6:22 pm, sclough <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm just wondering if there's any reason to use the spotlight plugin > > > rather than using QS's normal search. Is the spotlight plugin faster > > > or better at listing results? I've always used the standard QS search, > > > but after using QSB for a while, I'm wondering if it would make sense > > > to take into spotlight.
