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\cf1\pard\tx0\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\ql\f0\fs24\uc0 This is a metadata indexing and searching system similar to the various Spotlight, Beagle, etc. All the names actually used (for example for the MDFinder application) must be considered provvisional; I\rquote d need a single name for all the system and some good icons...\par
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\cf0\fs36\b\uc0 Extracting metadata \par
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To be searcheable, the metadata of your files must be \cf0\cf1\uc0 first \cf0\uc0 extracted and indexed. \cf0\cf1\uc0\par
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To be searcheable, the metadata of your files must be \cf1\uc0 first \cf0\uc0 extracted and indexed. \cf0\cf1\uc0\par
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\cf0\uc0 Launch SystemPreferences and click the\b\uc0 Indexing\b0\uc0 icon. \par
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The \b\uc0 indexable paths\b0\uc0 view shows the directories that can be indexed; the default values are your home directory and the GNUstep Documentation and Headers directories. In the \b\uc0 excluded paths\b0\uc0 view you can add subdirectories of the indexable directories that you don\rquote t want to be indexed. \par
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Also all the file with a path extension listed in the \b\uc0 excluded suffixes\b0\uc0 will be excluded by the indexing process.\par
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To begin indexing select the \b\uc0 enable indexing\b0\uc0 switch and press the \b\uc0 Apply \b0\uc0 button.\par
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This will start the \b\uc0 mdextractor\b0\uc0 daemon, that is, the process that will first extract and then keep updated into the database the metadata contents of your files. Clicking the \b\uc0 Show status\b0\uc0 button will show a window where you can see the status of the indexing process.\par
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To extract text contents and other metadata attributes \b\uc0 mdextractor \b0\uc0 uses a set of extractor bundles that actually understand these kinds of files: Abiword, Application (GNUstep application), Html, Jpeg, OpenOffice (writer), Pdf, Rtf and Xml. A generic "Text" extractor is provided for the other files (if they \i\uc0 are\i0\uc0 text files).\par
\fs20\cf1\uc0 T\cf0\uc0 he "Paths" tab of the \cf0\cf1\uc0 SystemPreferences \cf0\uc0 "Indexing" \cf0\cf1\uc0 module.\cf0\uc0\par
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The first time you run it, \cf0\b\uc0 mdextractor\cf0\cf1\uc0\b0\uc0 will take some time to extract and index the contents of your files; this time can vary from a few minutes to some hours depending on the number and the size of the files; for example: if you limit the indexable paths to the GNUstep Applications, Headers and Documentation, the indexing time will be only one or two minutes; on the other hand, indexing about 2GB of sources - as I\rquote ve done for testing - needs about two hours.\par
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\cf0\cf1\uc0 To perform a new search you must start the \b\uc0 MDFinder\b0\uc0 application and choose \b\uc0 New \b0\uc0 from the \b\uc0 File\b0\uc0 menu.\cf0\uc0\par
A search can be saved to a file and loaded again into the \cf0\b\cf1\uc0 MDFinder \cf0\b0\uc0 application\cf0\cf1\uc0 .\par
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A\cf0\uc0 ll the open windows will be updated automatically when the contents of the database change.\par
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\cf0\cf1\uc0 Choosing "\b\uc0 Other..."\b0\uc0 from any of the attribute popup menues displays the \b\uc0 Attribute Chooser\b0\uc0 window where you can view a description and select an attribute that is not present in the popup.\cf0\uc0\par
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