On Saturday 03 May 2014 12:40:39 Hans de Faber wrote:
On 03/05/14 12:05, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
On Saturday 03 May 2014 08:44:09 Hans de Faber wrote:
Hello everybody,
Hi Hans!
To my opinion it would be nice if there where in the configuration of baloo 2 selection buttons.
1 Start on boot 2 Run once and exit
What problem do you have or want to solve, Hans?
1. Start on boot could not work, search is user-specific so it only works after logging in... And it always runs if enabled, and does not run if disabled. (you disable it by adding your homefolder to the 'do not index' list - there's nothing to index so it won't start).
2. Run once and exit Run once and then do what? Search is always there so you can use it - if it would not run, you can't search. I guess you mean the indexing, you want to quit after indexing everything? Then it would not see any changes and give 'old' results when you search. Why would you want that?
If you don't want it to use power when you are on battery, that is already done: search won't index anything other than the file name (which is so fast it really takes no power) when you are on battery power.
Perhaps you can explain what problem you have, so we can see what solution would work best?
Sorry for the hard questions, but the developers do not want to add more complexity unless there is a problem that is solved by the extra code ;-)
Cheers, Jos
Thanks, Hans
Most of the time I don't need an indexer,i want a >>>simple<<< way to switch it on and off.
I understand WHAT you want, but do not understand WHY. Why would you manage this by hand? Most of the time, you don't need the USB support in the kernel, but you can't turn it off. Most of the time, you do not need the wireless or wired support, but you can't turn it off... I asked what BENEFIT you're looking for... What is the problem you have that this would solve? The indexer doesn't run all the time, it only runs when there is something to index. It isn't like it is crawling through all of your files and when done, starts again... So there is no real downside to having it available while you're working. For example here, baloo_file_indexer uses 10.9 mb of ram and I have 8.8 GB of ram in use on this system. That doesn't seem to be a problem... The mail indexer uses 500 mb of ram... There IS a problem there, yes, I understand from Vishesh that this has to do with the Xapian index library being unable to let go of memory or something. Then again, I have a single Chromium tab eating 686 MB of ram, so Chromium continues to be the king of memory leaks on Linux. Bugs, bugs...
(This is no problem or additional complexity, maybe a present for christmas.)
Well, adding extra functionality like you ask for creates extra work and complexity for the developers. If that brings a benefit for many users, it is worth it. But if there doesn't seem to be a benefit, well, they probably should not do it ;-) Cheers, Jos
To my opinion it would be nice if there where in the configuration of baloo 2 selection buttons.
1 Start on login (if not selected don't start) 2 Run once and exit ( if i am looking sor something i cant find.)
Cheers, Hans
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