Hi Dustin,
Good research job :)
> * trackerd/tracker-utils.h *
> - additional type in FileTypes
> - additional status in IndexStatus
>
> * trackerd/trackerd.c *
> - process_files_thread()
> - add additional "case" (according to IndexStatus) to switch-statement:
> add directory that needs to be indexed
> - index_entity()
> - add additional "else"-case that calls new tracker_db-funtion
> (tracker_db_index_notes())
> * trackerd/tracker-db.c *
> - new function tracker_db_index_notes()
> - calls tracker_db_infex_file
> - tracker_db_infex_file()
> - change service lists at beginning: add file type where necessary
Those hardcoded lists will disappear with patch #523200 if it is
accepted.
> I know that tracker differentiates between the meta data and the
> contents of a file. It shouldn't be a problem for me to add another file
> to tracker-extract that extracts the available meta data from a Tomboy
> note (title, tags, ...).
>
> But I am not sure where I have to put the information about how to index
> the *contents* of a file. Which files are responsible for this task?
Ok, Tracker will:
- obtain the service type of the file from the mimetype
- if the service-type has metadata:
calls "tracker-extract uri mimetype"
- if the service-type has full text:
extract the contents (with a filter if neccesary)
[tracker_metatada_get_text_file]
add the contents to the index
[tracker_db_index_service]
Take into account that mimetype of tomboy files is "text/plain". You
must add a lot of exceptions everywhere :(
Good luck, cheer up!
Ivan
> Dustin
>
>
> Ivan Frade wrote:
> > Hi Dustin,
> >
> > I think it is great idea. Feel free to work on it ;)
> >
> >> I think that this is a solvable task (Beagle already does it) and would
> >> like to help integrating Tomboy. Since both projects are new to me, I
> >> would like to hear your opinion on how complex the integration would be.
> >> Do you think a Tracker newbie can handle this? :)
> >
> > It would be great to add such functionality without modifying tracker
> > source code, but at the moment it is not possible.
> >
> > I think you should:
> >
> > 1) Add a new category in tracker for TomboyNotes
> > 2) Index the contents of .tomboy directory under that category
> > 3) Apply an special filter for Tomboy notes (<- This the difficult point
> > because the filter is chosen by mimetype)
> >
> > For 1) and 2) follow the example of "WebHistory" category.
> >
> > Give it a try, and if you need some help, dont hesitate to ask in the
> > mail list,
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dustin
> >
> > Ivan
> >
> >
>
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