Yes. I used a plugin that allowed Google to index Delphi and C files. I have no use of Google Desktop if it will index only my text (like SF books :) files.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if it can index or not PAS files. It matters that is it still beta (more alpha than beta) and it dangeros for for the system. --- Cosmin Prund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using Google Desktop Search for a few months now and I'm really > happy with it. Also I did not index any of my source files, just DOC, TXT, > PDF (basically whatever it can search out of the box). > > I don't get false results (unless I move files around a lot, and I usually > don't do that). Usually the results are fast and precise, usually very > useful considering I'm anything but organized and stuff is all over the > place! > > My guess is that Human is using a bad module (the thing that enables GDS to > get the content of files) and that's what's causing the false results. > Again, I'm not using anything outside the box. Never revisited the site > after downloading and installing the thing. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Meek > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:18 PM > > To: 'Delphi-Talk Discussion List' > > Subject: RE: Using Google Desktop to index my Delphi documentation > > > > Human, > > Offensive language is NOT tolerated on any of the Lists. Please be > > more careful in the future! > > Are you indexing just the titles or are you actually doing word > > searches within the documents? Why not use a regular database and your > > own > > client to do this? What advantages did you hope to get by using Google's? > > > > from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design CCopyright 2006 > > > > "When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion > > that the gift of Fantasy has meant more to me then my talent for absorbing > > positive knowledge!" > > Albert Einstein > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Human > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 5:19 AM > > To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List > > Subject: Using Google Desktop to index my Delphi documentation > > > > Few months ago I got this brilliant idea about using Google desktop to > > index > > my Delphi > > documentation. > > I have a large partition with lots of DOC, HTML and PDF file all > > containing > > Delphi tips, FAQs and > > snippets and I used Windows Commander to search in that partition. > > > > Google Desktop took 2 weeks to index everything eating my memory, and when > > was ready it wasn't > > extraordinary, returning to much garbage results. > > So I stopped using it after 2 weeks. > > Yesterday I've tried to uninstall it (and to recover 2 GB of space it need > > it for its data base) > > and the uninstall process failed. > > So I delete the files manually. After restart my Windows didn't load. It > > really fucked up my > > computer. > > Google Desktop seems to integrate itself in Explorer and in the module > > that > > control the Internet > > connection (socks provider) and now without those DLL, windows failed to > > start. > > > > > > > > So this is a warning: if somebody else has this 'brilliant' idea, like me, > > FORGET IT!!!! > > > > > > (PS: I was also concerned about the way it installed itself as a server > > being connected and > > transmitting data all the time to google.com) > > > > ...and the traveler died, stroked by the beauty of the landscape. > > > > THE MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS > > Louis Pawels & Jacques Bergier > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > ...and the traveler died, stroked by the beauty of the landscape. THE MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS Louis Pawels & Jacques Bergier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
