Hi Carol, good idea, an index is not bad, but what about starting with a website index? www.yacy.net it allows to search for webpages in a browser, a mameo compatible browser is http://dooble.sf.net Maybe you want to compile it? as it has a file explorer integrated, you do not need a new indexer, as they want launchy.sf.net in the desktop, that is the indexer you can look for? Regards
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Shapeshifter <shapeshif...@archlinux.us> wrote: > Dear Maemo developers, > > now that Maemo has been accepted as a mentoring organization for GSoC 2010, > I'd like to ask about joining the action. I've been pondering on what > project to look into, as quite a few of them interest me (including porting > Remmina, the Ebook reader idea and an idea of my own, which revolves around > recovering data from your device if it gets stolen and getting a GPS lock > upon sending it an SMS or similar things), but I think I'll settle for the > "Global Search Application" Project. > What is it about? I'll just rephrase the proposal from the project ideas > page and then share my ideas on how to implement and present it: > > == Global Search Application > An application which indexes local files and content and supports searching > for files and content in a convenient and appealing fashion as well as > opening results in their respective application. > > == Thoughts about presentation and implementation > The search application should respond quickly and present results in an > appealing fashion while the user is typing - possibly supported by > thumbnails - and should open them in the appropriate application if > possible. It should also include searching for contacts (including contact > fields, e.g. jabber nicknames and such), SMS, emails and other content > commonly stored on the device. Indexing shouldn't waste battery life or > impact performance while the user is actively using the device. > > While looking around for clues, I've seen that this idea has been around for > a while with lots of discussions happening around the 2008 Maemo summit ( > https://wiki.maemo.org/Desktop_Search_Hackfest ). Solutions discussed > included Strigi, Beagle and Xesam, but it seems like there hasn't been a > final product of sorts. I myself have been thinking about adapting some more > streamlined solutions like locate (updatedb), and building around those. > Quite interesting for such a device would be rlocate because it's small, > fast and will know about file changes, but that needs it's own kernel module > which might not be feasable for the platform. If using one of these, there'a > also another component needed for indexing file content, and of course there > need to be special components for accessing the maemo-specific data like > contacts and so on. There's definitely lots of way we could do this, and the > preferred method would need to be found. > > Concrete tasks would include collecting the existing bits and pieces, > choosing the grounds to build upon, writing or adapting, porting and > packaging a backend indexer, writing a frontend, preferrably as a widget, > and conduction reliability and speed tests. > > == About myself > My name is Carol Alexandru and I'm studying Computer Sciences at the > University of Zurich, Switzerland (UZH) in the 4th semester. I've been a > Linux user for around 5 years and have lots of experience regarding the CLI > and the underlying mechanisms of Linux. During my study I've acquired skills > in modeling, project planning and of course programming - the usual stuff. > I'm highly motivated to work for the community and to write open source > software. I've been working on a larger project of my own (creating a > multi-user music streaming server, which I have not yet released; It needs a > few finishing touches) and lots of minor hacks and tools, mostly for the > CLI. I'm also the author of the "Alarmed" Qt/CLI wrapper around > alarmd/libalarm for Maemo 5 ( http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=46594 > ). Now, I *love* Python but I also know the more common languages like > C/C++. During my spare time, I like to just hack small scripts'n'stuff, > maintain our student clubs servers and infrastructure and have a couple of > beers with friends. And of course I've got an N900 ;-) > Regarding other commitments during summer, I need to pass a few crucial > exams in the first half of June. Apart from that, I'm 100% available. > > == Contact info > I'm always on IRC in irc.freenode.net#maemo, nickname "Shapeshifter", and of > course you can reach me through this email address: > shapeshif...@archlinux.us. > > So, I know it's a bit early for a "full-blown" application, as the period > starts on March 28th, so please consider this an expression of my interest. > :-) > I'd really like for possible mentors on this to get in touch with me to > discuss details and see if this is a project fitting into Maemo and if I'm > the right person for the job. I think quite a few people would like the idea > and profit from such an application. > > Thanks for your time. > > Regards, > Carol Alexandru > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
