On Jun 24, 2014 9:58 AM, Edwin Günthner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello xubuntu folks, > > I did check the mailing list archive for for keywords like "synapse" ... couldnt find any; so I hope that this topic is "new" and worth discussing here. > > I consider moving from ubunut/unity to xubuntu/xfce (actually running a xubuntu desktop for some weeks by now). The one thing > that is really missing for me: fast access to files. The unity file lense remembers all the files I touched lately (probably using zeitgeist) ... and it is > extremly helpful. Instead of opening up a file manager and navigating directories; I just press windows-f and start typing parts of the file name ... > (most of the time, i dont need to type anything, because the file lense might actually the file i am looking for already ;-) > > With xubuntu/xfce, there is no such feature. The whisker menu and application finder focus soley _applications_; not on files with user data. > In earlier years, there was "synapse" as replacement file launcher (using zeitgeist under the covers) that provided similar functionality. > But synapse is no longer actively maintained; it isn't even available in the 14.04 repositories any more. > > So - long story short: > 1) is there an existing "file lense"-alike solution for xubuntu? > 2) if not - are there any thoughts/plans to provide it at some point? > > Thanks everybody, > Edwin >
Try kupfer ... It's like synapse but in the default repo.. > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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