-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/09/11 16:20, Martyn Russell wrote: > On 14/09/11 15:11, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> Hi > > Hi there, > > Relevant bug for this discussion: > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600812 > >> In addition to the directories in $HOME, it would be useful to >> index as well man and info pages, and other documentation >> directories. > > It's been discussed before and it's not straight forward. > Logically, you would want to approach this by indexing it once and > sharing for all users given it's not user specific data - a bit > like applications aren't (though that's quite minimal usually).
True - haven't considered that, as I am the only user. > The problem with that is, we have moved away from multiple > databases for reasons of SQLite's WAL feature and ACID¹ with our > DB. > > ¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID > >> At least a button on the right in the preferences gui to add >> these directories would be useful. > > 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. > >> 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? Cheers, Rainer > >> Cheers from a now happy tracker user, > > :) > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5wuZQACgkQoYgNqgF2egr8nwCfaQ3/R5Qr3tV0fKJIBgcuqRJk /rYAnjuuv5dYWLskKkNBT1RbirioZiVr =6Oz5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
