Hi Dimitrij, On 1/5/17, Dimitrij Lisov <[email protected]> wrote: > When searching for filenames in the Gnome Shell (normally triggered by the > "windows" key) the results differ from the Files (Nautilus) ones. > Let's assume, that we want to find a file called "Honorarnote.odt" (that's > German for an invoice). > So entering "honorar" in Gnome Shell finds nothing, but Files instantly > finds "Honorarnote.odt" or the like. Curiously, Gnome Shell only shows some > results when fully typing "Honorarnote". > > Is this by design or a bug? > > Wouldn't it be better, if the search results in Files and Gnome Shell would > be the same?
There are several moving parts here, and I think the differences are not really by design. The way Shell works is by aggregating results from different search providers. The API is documented here: https://developer.gnome.org/SearchProvider/ Different apps can each provide search results using that API. It's not directly connected with Tracker, although a single search provider may get its results from Tracker. Nautilus searches in 2 ways as well, either just through filenames or using Tracker to find files in the contents. I'm not sure about the details which is used when, the nautilus-list would be a good place to ask. And then Nautilus functions as shell-search provider, so perhaps the different results you're seeing are a factor of how Nautilus provides search results to the Shell? Sam _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
