On 13 February 2014 09:18, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gor...@gbpcomputing.co.uk> wrote: > On 13/02/14 09:06, Alan Pope wrote: >> On 13 February 2014 09:03, Gordon Burgess-Parker >> <gor...@gbpcomputing.co.uk> wrote: >>> I'm using 13.10.I have a file called "Shopping.ods". If I type >>> "Shopping" into the Unity Dash search, it finds NOTHING. >>> If I type "Shopping" into Nautilus search it finds the file IMMEDIATELY. >>> Is this a bug in 13.10 Unity? >>> >> >> Have you ever opened the file before? The Dash search is based in part >> on zeitgeist, which tracks which files you use, and provides results >> based on that data. >> >> I happen to have a bunch of files with shopping in the name which it >> finds for me (admittedly on 14.04, not 13.10), so I don't think the >> name is special. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> > > If Unity Dash is supposed to be the "one-stop shop" for finding files, > programs, web sites etc, shouldn't it find files that haven't > necessarily been opened before? > Seems daft to be able to use Unity for files etc that have been opened > before, and yet have to use Nautilus search for files that haven't been > opened before that Unity doesn't find? > Doesn't seem to be joined-up thinking to me... >
Hence me saying "in part". It also has an index of files in your home. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
