https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463830
Bug ID: 463830
Summary: Summary: Differences between Dolphin's filenamesearch
and baloosearch
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Product: frameworks-baloo
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: baloo-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: tagwer...@innerjoin.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY:
A review of the differences between Dolphin's filenamesearch and
baloosearch -
surprises and traps for the unwary.
BASE ISSUE:
Dolphin search asks baloo when it thinks baloo has indexed the folders. If
Dolphin
thinks baloo has not indexed the files, it will fall back to using it's own
"there
and then" search.
The two searches behave differently
You can see whether Dolphin will ask baloo or doing a "there and then"
search
by looking at the search prompt. If you do a Ctrl-F to get the prompt and
it
looks like this:
https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=137170
then you will be doing the "there and then" (filenamesearch) search. If
however
you see extra search options as here:
https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=137169
then Dolphin knows it can ask baloo for its search results (baloosearch)
As always this is a "best efforts" summary, no doubt there's something I've
missed,
quite likely something I've got wrong. The behaviours have been checked on
Neon
Testing and Fedora 36.
TERMINOLOGY:
Beware, there are twisty passages all alike...
Dolphin can call baloo or do its own "there and then" search, the code it
uses to
do these are "baloosearch" and "filenamesearch". The search prompts you get
are dependent on which code Dolphin has decided to use.
Separately, Dolphin gives you options for searching for filenames or
content. A
"filename" search and the filenamesearch code are not related and a
"content"
search does not necessarily depend on baloo. Dolphin tries to provide
search
functions irrespective of whether baloo is enabled.
There is also a command line "baloosearch", useful for troubleshooting.
OBSERVED RESULTS:
These are split up into "traps for the unwary" for Dolphin's "there and
then" search,
listed under Comment 1, and for Dolphin's "baloo" searches, listed under
Comment 2
WISHED FOR RESULTS:
Ideally, Dolphin should give the same results (as far as is possible)
irrespective of
whether it is asking baloo or doing its own search.
Dolphin should ask baloo whether it has indexed a folder, rather than
assume it has
(or hasn't). If baloo has indexed a folder, Dolphin should query baloo in
preference
to doing its own "there and then" search.
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