Bug 356602

Summary: Baloo has a confused configuration
Product: [Unmaintained] Baloo Reporter: hotmusicfan
Component: GeneralAssignee: Vishesh Handa <me>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: nate, pinak.ahuja
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: Baloo KCM configuration
The first one
The second one

Description hotmusicfan 2015-12-13 14:19:35 UTC 
Hello!

Before some time I had a big issue to find how to make Dolphin to display search results for files. After some 'research' in Google I found that the solution is to add my /home directory in the Baloo KCM under the 'Do not search in these locations' list. This, as described in some articles I had read then, is totally contraintuitive and very confusing.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 hotmusicfan 2015-12-13 14:20:04 UTC 
Created attachment 96033 [details]
Baloo KCM configuration
Comment 2 Vishesh Handa 2015-12-14 23:18:47 UTC 
This makes no sense.

Could you please paste your `~/.local/share/baloofilerc` file and the location of the file you were searching for.
Comment 3 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:42:13 UTC 
I have edited the file to try to make it work correctly. I have applied the configuration that responds to the settings on the screenshot (The first one). I can't understand how to search files in Dolphin you should 'blacklist' /home?
After this I have edited the baloofilerc file (the second one) to see what will happen - I'm not sure with which way shoud work correctly because it returns results in both ways (maybe because there are many already indexed files).
Comment 4 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:42:38 UTC 
Created attachment 96101 [details]
The first one
Comment 5 hotmusicfan 2015-12-15 19:43:14 UTC 
Created attachment 96102 [details]
The second one
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2017-10-27 19:17:01 UTC 
This isn't our bug; the internet gave you bad advice. Adding your home directory to "Do not search in these locations" makes baloo *not* search in those locations.
Comment 7 hotmusicfan 2017-10-28 12:44:25 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6)
> This isn't our bug; the internet gave you bad advice. Adding your home
> directory to "Do not search in these locations" makes baloo *not* search in
> those locations.

This was over a year ago, it was mix of some old configuration from old baloo versions remained + bad internet advice :)