On Saturday, March 29, 2014 05:56:47 PM Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Vishesh Handa <m...@vhanda.in> wrote: > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014 03:53:00 PM Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote: > > > Last I checked, the list is as wide as the dialog and there is quite > > > some > > > space where a full path will (mostly) fit in, so it should be good. > > > Also, > > > is that bug reported on bugs.kde.org? > > > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332760 > > > > It's not about the width. The single folder looks much better and is less > > scarier. > > > > > > > - A simple black list will not do. I need a white list - the ability > > > > to > > > > > > > specify disjoint folders for indexing, not the other way around. And > > > > I'm > > > > > > > sure the majority of people will be the same. > > > > > > > > What makes you say that? > > > > > > Well right now I don't know whether Baloo is indexing by root drive, > > > > and/or > > > > > my home folder, and/or my other 2 disks, and/or my USB drive. > > > > > > Personally I'd like a whitelist because I'd like to command my desktop > > > search to search at some places rather than it trying to search > > > > everything > > > > > and me restricting it for some paths. The former makes you feel in > > > > command > > > > > (TM). > > > > Isn't that just because you've bad experiences with Nepomuk? Also, I'd > > love to > > know what kind of files you don't want it to index. I understand source > > code, > > but what else? > > Nope*, in fact, Nepomuk lets me clearly control (and see) what is indexed > and what is not. Also, I dont want to index source code, VM images, etc etc > for which Baloo probably has excludes but I also don't want to index files > on external storage (like random flash drives I insert). But, I should > still be able to do so for devices I choose (a USB hard disk which I always > keep connected).
All of this is supported. > > On a note, I like that you want to simplify the UI but please take care > that you don't remove actually useful features. It is important because > almost all of KDE users want at least basic configuration; they'd be using > something like GNOME if they didn't. Agreed, but I don't think I've removed useful features. Feel free to take the old nepomuk KCM code and make it into a "Baloo Index Tweaking application". The backend code still supports all the features that you seem to want. It's not a priority for me right now, but it would be really nice to have. -- Vishesh Handa >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
