Re: Proposing Tracker for inclusion into GNOME 2.18

["Sanford Armstrong" <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On 10/24/06, Don Scorgie <DonScorgie blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 00:07 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> > Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > > <quote who="Jamie McCracken">
> > >
> > >> t-s-t uses the same code as g-s-t so it inherits the working code. Its a
> > >> better search tool because it can show search snippets like google as well
> > >> as providing high speed search.
> > >
> > > And it does so by using... Tracker? Which means you're not just proposing
> > > t-s-t, but the Tracker indexer and database? You really need to start being
> > > clear now.
> >
> > yes we are proposing the lot - sorry for any confusion there
>
> One question (sorry for my ignorance): Does the replacement of g-s-t by
> t-s-t mean that in order to search files, the tracker deamon needs to be
> running?

Also, I presume this means that only indexed files can be located?
What if I have file types that tracker doesn't know/care about?  Do I
have to resort to using command line tools for a simple search based
on filename/date/etc?

Sandy