https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463830
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OBSERVED RESULTS:
Dolphin using baloo's index...
If Dolphin gives you additional options in the search prompt:
https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=137169
then Dolphin thinks that baloo has indexed the data and can give faster and
more comprehensive results.
If you have baloo disabled or you have moved to folder in Dolphin that is
excluded
from indexing, Dolphin will do a "there and then" search (comment 1) and
you won't
see the additional options.
1...
If you have baloo enabled but haven't enabled "content indexing", you
won't be
able to do "Content" searches (Bug 446387)
2...
You cannot use wildcards. Looking for "amp" will find you "ampersand"
but not
"example", "*amp*" will not get you anything (Bug 453291)
3...
Provides search logic; a search for "one three" is treated as a search
for "one AND
three" so it will find "one two three" (and also "three two one").
You can quote the search phrase to find the exact match
The search logic behaves differently depending on whether you are
searching
for filenames or content:
With baloosearch, if you search for "content" in Dolphin, the
search will look for
matches in both the filename and the content.
When searching for filenames a search for "file - 1" seems to
ignore the "-" and
looks for filenames containing "file" and "1"
However when doing a content search, searching for "file - 1" will
not find the file.
There's something strange with the handling of "separators", such
as a "-"
(Bug 434589)
Issues with hyphens arise more frequently than expected as they are
often used in
track names, as in Bug 438850:
https://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=139469
4...
If you are typing a search phrase character by character, you will
notice:
In filename searches, you will get exact matches even if you type a
single
character, so searching for "1" will find a "file 1" but not "file
1a"
Again in a filename search, if you don't find an exact match, you
need to
type two characters, so you need to type "fi" to find "file 1"
In content searches, you need to type three characters to find
matches
within the content.
5...
You can search metadata, examples include searching for anything
changed in
the last week or anything with a two star or more rating.
In order to search for embedded EXIF or ID3 tags you need to have
"content
indexing" enabled.
6...
Dolphin makes assumptions about whether baloo has indexed a folder -
which
may not be right.
Baloo does not follow symlinks when indexing so if you move to a
symlinked folder
in Dolphin and do a search "From Here", you will not will not get any
results
(Bug 442786 and the summary in Bug 447119).
7...
Baloo does not index "remote" filesystems. If you move to a remote
folder in Dolphin
and search from it, you will be doing a "there and then" search.
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