graphical search utility
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emorrp1
Re: graphical search utility
There's a few. I believe "Tracker" is the gnome-recommended one, so the one you should try first. Note that it has to create an index first, which could take a long time depending on the number of files.
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Re: graphical search utility
gnome-search-tool
To see if it's what you want, open a terminal and type gnome-search tool.
It will search for files by name or type, accepts wildcards ( i.e., "*" ) and can search for files containing specified text. So you could search for all *.txt files that contain the word "Mint" for example.
It doesn't have an entry in the menu but you could put it in there yourself.
You can also create a desktop launcher for it.
You can even create a right click option for use in Nautilus: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 81#p157068
To see if it's what you want, open a terminal and type gnome-search tool.
It will search for files by name or type, accepts wildcards ( i.e., "*" ) and can search for files containing specified text. So you could search for all *.txt files that contain the word "Mint" for example.
It doesn't have an entry in the menu but you could put it in there yourself.
You can also create a desktop launcher for it.
You can even create a right click option for use in Nautilus: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 81#p157068
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amirage
Re: graphical search utility
Hi there...
May I suggest gnome-do? It's a great tool that simplifies your work by many folds. You can easily install it over synaptic by searching for gnome-do. With this, you can search for softwares in your pc, files, search in google etc etc. All this by simply pressing super+space.
Let me know if this helps..
Amit
May I suggest gnome-do? It's a great tool that simplifies your work by many folds. You can easily install it over synaptic by searching for gnome-do. With this, you can search for softwares in your pc, files, search in google etc etc. All this by simply pressing super+space.
Let me know if this helps..
Amit
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proxima_centauri
Re: graphical search utility
Just for some more info on the above post of gnome-do. Not positive about Linux Mint 6, but it is now installed by default in Linux Mint 7.
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emorrp1
Re: graphical search utility
I remember it being installed and running by default in felicia, whereas you have to start it up manually in gloria (though you can then enable auto-start)
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follyfarmer
Re: graphical search utility
Yes but is there a GUI front end to this very important and very basic utility?
Alternatively is there an equivalent GUI tool?
Alternatively is there an equivalent GUI tool?
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emorrp1
Re: graphical search utility
Hello, and welcome to Linux Mint follyfarmer. If you scroll through the rest of the thread, you can see we're only considering GUI search tools here, and there's a screen-shot of the gnome-search-tool here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 81#p157068