| Indexing files with the .m extension [message #1970] |
Sat, 20 September 2025 03:30  |
NivaR
Messages: 7
Registered: October 2024
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Hello,
I use the Matlab language which has files using the extension .m
Finder shows a few thousand of these .m files in my installation. They are within the Documents folder hierarchy so my FoxTrot Personal should index them. But, FT Personal searches for *.m and .m don't show files with the extension. I get a lot of hits but these are files that contain the search string but not filenames ending in .m.
Is there a way to index these files? Is it possible within the Personal edition to limit the search to filenames?
FT Personal v.8.5.1 build 3173 (Apple Silicon)
M3 Macbook Pro 36GB RAM
Sequoia 15.7
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| Re: Indexing files with the .m extension [message #1971 is a reply to message #1970] |
Wed, 08 October 2025 11:58  |
FoxTrot Engineering
Messages: 427
Registered: April 2020
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Sorry for the late answer.
Could you send a screenshot of you your search window (top part)? And of the Settings > Files pane?
Do you only search these files by filename, or by content? Searching for [filename] [m] should normally find them.
.m files are typically handled as source code files (Objective-C language), so in case you disabled "source code" in "index contents of files", AND if you chose "only index filename when indexing content", then these files won't be indexed at all, neither by content or by file name.
Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering
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