| Summary: | Baloosearch search syntax confusion | ||
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| Product: | [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-baloo | Reporter: | tagwerk19 |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 5.78.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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You have to use proper quotes on the command line: $> baloosearch tag:\"Blue Tag\" Although looking similar, "dolphin tags:..." and "baloosearch tags:..." are two completely different things, the first one is a URL of the tags kioslave, the second one is a query for the "tags" property. (In reply to Stefan Brüns from comment #1) > You have to use proper quotes on the command line: > > $> baloosearch tag:\"Blue Tag\" Ah! Thanks. baloosearch tags:\"Blue Tag\" baloosearch 'tags:"Blue Tag"' work - and indeed typing tags:"Blue Tag" works in Krunner (whereas tags:'Blue Tag' returns the same hits as tags:Blue Tag). The questions are: How can anyone find this out? I've previously looked for search syntax documentation/specs but not really come up with anything. Is there any way that baloosearch can treat single and double quotes as equivalent? It seems a particularly obscure trap for young players. > Although looking similar, "dolphin tags:..." and "baloosearch tags:..." are > two completely different things, the first one is a URL of the tags > kioslave, the second one is a query for the "tags" property. My assumption is, right at the bottom of the stack, baloosearch and the tags slave are doing the same work (for this query). The trouble relates to "how to quote phrases" and "how the code handles escaped quotes". If I'm completely offbase here, apologies. Having looked at Krunner...
tags:"Blue Tag"
gives the expected hits, but 'locations' gives
go to tags:%22Blue Tag%22
which does not work. This is, I think, a bug...
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SUMMARY: Baloosearch as a command line program seems to stumble on tags that contain spaces. For a file tagged with "Blue Tag" baloosearch 'tags:Blue Tag' does not find it. In comparision: dolphin 'tags:Blue Tag' opens the "Blue Tag" tag folder and shows the file. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: Create a file, attach a tag "Blue Tag" and check with getfattr: getfattr -d File # file: File user.xdg.tags="Blue Tag" Search for the file with baloosearch, looking for 'tags:Blue' and 'tags:Blue Tag'. Assume that baloosearch recognises when arguments are quoted: OBSERVED RESULTS baloosearch 'tags:Blue' returns hits but baloosearch 'tags:Blue Tag' does not EXPECTED RESULTS Both searches should find the file Baloosearch ought to give the same results as the tags: folder syntax in Dolphin SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Neon Testing Plasma : 5.20.90 Frameworks : 5.79.0 Qt : 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Seems to be failing as a result of unexpected argument parsing, a baloosearch 'tags:Blue Tag' works the same as baloosearch tags:Blue Tag that is a search for "Tags:Blue AND Tag". Baloo is actually doing a search for "tags:Blue" and a content search for "Tag" A search: baloosearch tags:Blue_Tag returns the expected result (but why? maybe another question...)