On 14/04/2020 13:13, Mark Rousell wrote: >> - I still run a Plasma4 desktop myself (with most components updated to the >> latest 4.14 versions from git), and baloo works there though I usually >> suspend it because I have no particular need for it and it definitely burns >> too much CPU for that. I use an advanced KCM >> (https://gitlab.com/ericlnu/baloo-kcmadv) to control it more finely - but >> that one has never been updated to KF5 as far as I can tell ... maybe a nice >> challenge for you? For searching I use the milou >> (https://cgit.kde.org/milou.git) thingy, and that one *has* been updated for >> KF5. It gives me an interface (under Plasma4) that is reminiscent of the >> Spotlight interface in OS X ... no idea how it has evolved under Plasma5 (or >> devolved: there's a reason I've been sticking to Plasma4). > > Thanks for the link to baloo-kcmadv and milou. I note that milou runs on > top of Baloo. > [...] > I'll check out milou.
I was just reading about Milou and I see that it was another project that Vishesh Handa began: https://vhanda.in/blog/2014/03/introducing-milou/ And it seems that Milou was morphed into a 'Search' Plasmoid in Plasma 5. I'll check this out. See https://vhanda.in/blog/2014/10/krunner-and-plasma-5/ -- Mark Rousell
