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Bug 491404 - Partial File Name Matches?
Partial File Name Matches?
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: deskbar-applet
Classification: Deprecated
Component: Modules
2.20.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: 2.24
Assigned To: Deskbar Applet Maintainer(s)
Deskbar Applet Maintainer(s)
gnome[unmaintained]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-10-29 15:04 UTC by Eric
Modified: 2011-07-10 02:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20



Description Eric 2007-10-29 15:04:26 UTC
I have noticed that typing only the beginning of the file names will make them appear, but not words that appear somewhere besides the beginning of the file names.

Other information:
For instance, if you have a file named "ubuntu_owns_joo.txt" in the home directory, typing in "ubuntu" in the deskbar search will find the file... typing in "owns" or "joo" does not find the file.
Comment 1 Sebastian Pölsterl 2007-10-31 11:29:15 UTC
Thanks for reporting this bug.
Is this issue related to the files module or tracker module?
Comment 2 Eric 2007-10-31 13:01:13 UTC
I honestly don't know the difference, I just pulled open the deskbar applet search  and typed in the field that opens with the default install of the app in Ubuntu Gutsy.
Comment 3 Eric 2007-10-31 18:32:21 UTC
additionally, it seems that files starting with Capital letters are not found in the search, the search should be case independent


for instance, create a file named Test in ~. typing "test" and "Test" should find it, but don't.  Same applies to words with multiple caps like "README"
Comment 4 Joe Smith 2008-11-04 02:58:59 UTC
I was just looking in to this, and it looks like it's fixed? 

I ran into some crashes, so I'm going to try to attach gdb and grab a trace, not that it's related to this bug though.
Comment 5 Sebastian Pölsterl 2009-01-30 10:29:33 UTC
No it's not fixed. Maybe you have beagle or tracker module enabled.
Comment 6 Frederik Elwert 2009-09-09 16:50:56 UTC
The corresponding launchpad bug report states this has been fixed upstream in tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deskbar-applet/+bug/202429

Does that affect this bug?
Comment 7 Sebastian Pölsterl 2009-09-09 17:03:38 UTC
This bug is not related to tracker but purely deskbar-applet. The bug is still present in deskbar-applet. If you are talking about some bug in tracker this is the wrong bug.
Comment 8 Frederik Elwert 2009-09-09 19:44:20 UTC
I thought having tracker match partial file names would affect this, but now I understand that it’s not about the tracker backend. Sorry for the noise.
Comment 9 Akhil Laddha 2011-07-10 02:25:04 UTC
deskbar-applet development has been stalled [1]. Maintainers don't have future development plan so i am closing the bugs as WONTFIX.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-June/msg00073.html