Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 11.10, gnome-shell 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.
Gnome Shell's search, unlike other desktop searches, retains moved and
deleted items, leading to confusion. Steps to replicate:
Create a text file with a unique name from gedit.
Search for it from the Dash, and it appears as expected.
Delete the file, and restart the Shell, then search again. The file
still appears, but of course can't be loaded. Moving a file, likewise,
creates two separate entries, only one of which uses the correct,
current path to the file.
I understand that the list of items itself comes from ~/.local/share
/recently-used.xbel. Deleting this file and restarting the Shell will,
of course, clear the search index (but this is obviously not a useful
workaround.)
It may be useful on occasion to retain paths to deleted files, but the
Shell doesn't provide any information about the path, so there's no
clear benefit to this behavior; more importantly, deleted items are not
distinguished from existing ones (such as by a badge of some sort.)
These superfluous, non-functional entries cluttering the search can
easily lead to confusion. Other, Zeitgeist-based searches (like Unity's,
Synapse, etc.) don't seem to create this problem.
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Shell search shows deleted files, duplicates for moved documents
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