[dolphin] [Bug 467208] Dolphin doesn't find files under hidden folders regardless of settings

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467208

--- Comment #4 from tagwerk19 at innerjoin.org ---
(In reply to David from comment #0)
> SUMMARY
> If I configure dolphin to show hidden files and folders, and then search for
> the name of some file that's under a hidden folder, it will not show it
> under the search results.
Yes, alas, the choice of showing hidden files/folders in Dolphin is distinct
and separate from the indexing done by baloo...

I general you need to enable baloo indexing to get "immediate results". You set
the options in

    System Settings > Search > File Search

If you don't enable baloo indexing, Dolphin does the searches "itself". It's
slower and behaves a little differently.

Ideally dolphin would give the same results independent of whether the folder
is indexed by baloo or not (it should just be faster with baloo). There are
wrinkles though, see Bug 463830.

In the context of this bug, if you have put a "testfile.txt" in the .config
folder and...

    You have enabled baloo and configured it to index hidden files/folders:

        Then dolphin will find the file

    You have disabled baloo:

        Then dolphin's "there and then" search will not find the file

When changing the baloo configuration, you need to take care that dolphin is
not still showing you 'older' cached results  :-/

If you decide to index hidden files and folders, it's probably sensible to
explicitly exclude .trash and .cache (discussion in Bug 434705)

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