| Re: Evaluating Foxtrot Personal Search [message #404 is a reply to message #403] |
Mon, 20 June 2016 13:21   |
jonathanalix via foxt
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Thanks for this.
We'll experiment.
Rob
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 8:48 AM, FoxTrot Engineering wrote:[/color]
> 'Rob Willett' via foxtrot-search wrote:
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>> So far we can do regexp filename searching and have a quick access method,
>> what we can't seem to do is to gave the default of filename searching.
> This
>> means we get more files back than we should.
>
> FoxTrot Personal does not support regular expressions. FoxTrot
> Professional does, but only as a secondary criterion, for performance
> reasons.
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> FoxTrot Pro also lets you define some search templates, and choose which
> template to use when searching from the system menu or keyboard shortcut.
> However, if your template has multiple criteria (which is necessary if you
> use regular expressions), then the string you type in the system menu will
> only apply to the first criterion. So no, you can't search for regular
> expressions directly from FoxTrot Pro's system menu or keyboard shortcut.
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I appear to be on a never ending quest to find a decent search system for
>> my Mac. As I discover new apps, I'll try them out to discover they are
>> based on Spotlight or some such nonsense. Spotlight needs taking out into
> a
>> deep ocean, have a large concrete block tied to it and slipped over the
>> side never to be seen again .
>>
>> Anyway, back to the real world, have downloaded Foxtrot Personal Search
> and
>> am kicking the tyres.
>>
>> What I *mainly* want a search engine to do is
>>
>> 1) Search on filenames, using regular expressions. I am very happy to do
>> complex regexp on filenames. The reason for this is maintenance of a lot
> of
>> old code on our Macs and wanting to find files and THEN dig into them. 95%
>> of my searches (if not more) are filename based. We have gazillions of
>> files and we want a quick and easy way to get access to them. Foxtrot
>> seems to do this OK.
>>
>> 2) We want to have a quick way to access the search. - Double hit control
>> key is fine - so OK
>>
>> 3) We want the quick search default to filename searching. We don't want
> to
>> have to change the type of search to filename searching which is what it
>> appears we have to do now.
>>
>> 4) It needs to be quick, we know we can search directly the whole disk
>> using find or FindFile or EasyFind or whatever. We would like a indexed
>> search thats fast and simple and autoindexes.
>>
>> So far we can do regexp filename searching and have a quick access method,
>> what we can't seem to do is to gave the default of filename searching.
> This
>> means we get more files back than we should.
>>
>> Is this possible or does our never ending search go on :0
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rob
>>
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