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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE plasmashell and wallpapers.
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:17:47
Message-Id: 12625888.qjOaNx1ix5@dell_xps
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE plasmashell and wallpapers. by Dale
1 On Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:14:05 GMT Dale wrote:
2 > Mick wrote:
3 > > On Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:30:10 GMT Dale wrote:
4 > >> Peter Humphrey wrote:
5 > >>> On Saturday, 28 December 2019 05:57:16 GMT Dale wrote:
6 > >>>> Peter Humphrey wrote:
7 > >>>>> On Tuesday, 24 December 2019 20:42:07 GMT Dale wrote:
8 > >>>>>> I think I'm just going to have to whittle down the number for a
9 > >>>>>> while.
10 > >>>>>> Maybe later on a fix will come along. Maybe.
11 > >>>>>
12 > >>>>> What happens if you switch off file indexing in the control panel, or
13 > >>>>> just
14 > >>>>> its subsidiary option Also Index file content? Workspace > Search >
15 > >>>>> Enable File Search.
16 > >>>>
17 > >>>> I looked around in the System Settings window and can't find that
18 > >>>> setting. Am I looking in the right place? I sort of think this is a
19 > >>>> separate thing tho. It may be using the same tool but won't be
20 > >>>> controlled by system settings. Anything is possible tho. I'll
21 > >>>> certainly test the option if I can find it. ;-)
22 > >>>
23 > >>> I may have misled you by calling it the Control Panel. It's actually
24 > >>> System
25 > >>> Settings > Workspace > Search > Enable File Search.
26 > >>>
27 > >>> I wouldn't expect your wallpaper operations to be affected by this, but
28 > >>> then what do I know about it? ;)
29 > >>
30 > >> I must have it disabled by a USE flag or something because there is no
31 > >> mention of search in the list. I recall disabling some stuff when I was
32 > >> switching to KDE4.
33 > >
34 > > It is probably USE="semantic-desktop":
35 > >
36 > > $ euse -i semantic-desktop
37 > > global use flags (searching: semantic-desktop)
38 > > ************************************************************
39 > > [+ D ] semantic-desktop - Cross-KDE support for semantic search and
40 > > information retrieval
41 > >
42 > > local use flags (searching: semantic-desktop)
43 > > ************************************************************
44 > > [+ D ] semantic-desktop
45 > >
46 > > media-gfx/digikam: Enable kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata support
47 > >
48 > > [+ ] (5) 6.3.0-r1 [gentoo]
49 > > [+ ] (5) 6.4.0 [gentoo]
50 >
51 > I'm pretty much certain you are right. That rings a bell in those cells
52 > between my ears. It is turned off in make.conf too. I can't recall
53 > what all that thing did but I remember people not wanting it. I just
54 > followed a bunch of others on that. Can't be to important since I do
55 > what I need to without it. lol
56 >
57 > Dale
58 >
59 > :-) :-)
60
61 Wikipedia explains what semantic search is. Pretty much what Google does when
62 your search for something and you find a bunch of MSWindows answers coming up
63 top, annoying the hell out you! LOL!
64
65 PS. I tend to add "-Windows" in many searches these days in order to keep my
66 blood pressure down. :-p
67
68 --
69 Regards,
70 Mick

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