Straying off topic, On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:32 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> I'd use Spotlight more too if it would show the file path to each of > duplicate copies of a file. Unfortunately it involves using the mouse but if you press the Option + cmd keys whilst mousing over any Spotlight result Quicklook should pop-up and at the bottom is the file path - which may be truncated depending on how many folders deep it is buried. If a duplicate file resides on another HD then the name of the HD will appear in faint gray to the right of the name. > I often have a master copy and a duplicate in a shared dropbox folder, as > well as multiple historical copies in labelled folders, and I need to know > which copy I'm about to open. > > I think Labels are now called Tags, make sure all your Tags start with a different letter; Top Priority, Original, Backup, Archive etc. Tag your originals and backups appropriately, then in Spotlight tag:o .li tag:o .pd tag:o .tx --gets all your original livecode stacks, pdfs or txt documents. tag:b canc tag:b my imp --gets your backup copies of your documents based on their name tag:a canc .li --gets all your tagged archive copies of your livecode stack called Cancer Cure My wife makes the common mistake of thinking she needs to type out the entire name and or search criteria; that's the beauty of Spotlight, with the application of a little logic it can save a whole heap of typing and mousing about and point directly to the file you need with less chance of mistakenly opening the wrong one. People who code are definitely logically inclined so they can easily figure out how to set Tags up and what it is about a file/folder that makes it unique so they can type the least into Spotlight tag:o date:yesterday or quicker to type tag:o date:1/11/16 --gets all your original documents created, opened or modified yesterday or on a specific date BUT tag:o Should find all originals and list them by date last modified/opened. So in all likelihood, if the last stack you worked on on Friday is going to be the first stack you work on Monday, tag:o will be all you need to type into Spotlight because the Top Hit will be the last original file you worked on, so hit the Return key to have it Open for you. Once you start really using Spotlight, and you start getting a better sense of how Spotlight thinks, you adapt to make better use of it, ie you don't have Tags like Project 1, Project 2, Project 3. and yes, these are valid inputs as well date:tomorrow date:next month --gets any calendar or reminder items due in the future - although Jacque, if you write a Spotlight plugin for your Back to the Future stack we'll all be able to do a Spotlight search for the Stacks we are going to create 'next week'. :-) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
