[dolphin] [Bug 458761] Dynamically change between index file and regular search

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458761

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--- Comment #2 from tagwerk19 at innerjoin.org ---
Perhaps worth linking to a couple of summaries...

(In reply to ryu.ketsueki from comment #0)
> I was investigating the behavior of Baloo and Dolphin when I noticed
> something curious. When searching for already indexed filed through Dolphin,
> the search is near instantaneous in my case. But for the non indexed filed,
> they don't even show up in the results. For comparison, I decided to
> deactivate the file indexer temporarily to see how Dolphin behaves. Now it
> takes a few seconds to search through the directories but it did find the
> files that weren't indexed.
Have a look at Bug 463830 - for a comparision of Dolphin's "filenamesearch" and
"baloosearch"

> ... As an
> experiment, I created a symlink on my home folder, which was indexed, to my
> steamapps folder, which is inside the .steam/root/ folder. It wasn't
> indexed, possibly because of the config for indexing hidden files being on
> "no". It also happens if the symlink is to a different partition on disk.
> For those cases, wouldn't it be better if the regular search is used instead
> of looking over the index file from Baloo? That way it doesn't show "No
> items matching the search". I assume it is one of the reasons many people
> think Baloo doesn't work ...
Similarly Bug 447119 gives thepitfalls and confusions possible with symlinks

>  I like how I can use tags for files and Baloo is necessary for that.
Indeed. Baloo gives Dolphin superpowers :-)

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