[openbeos] Re: OpenBFS Progress.
- From: "Nathan Whitehorn" <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 13:32:58 EST (-0500)
> > > I guess it would be feasible to implement filters directly into
> > > the
> > > query engine so only relevant files would be show (i.e. Files in
> > > a
> > > specific dir). Searching inside the file data looks to be out of
> > > the
> > > scope of BFS, but it could be implemented in the Tracker find
> > > panel.
> >
> > On a (vaguely) related note; could we include the ability to search
> > non-BFS
> > disks in the find panel?
> >
> > I'm guessing that building indices for other FS disks may not be a
> > good way
> > to go, so even a slow-n-dirty find should do; perhaps even the way
> > (urk)
> > Windows does it (builds a (live) search-results-table the first
> > time
> > you do
> > a search; slow the first time, but then very acceptable)?
>
> That kind of functionality should be available through the BQuery
> class
> - and probably will in R2.
> Perhaps I will include it/it will be included in OpenTracker earlier,
> but I don't know - there are currently some more important things to
> do.
>
> BTW as I am currently thinking about it: the query engine of BFS
> could
> easily be ripped out and find a new home in OpenTracker/BQuery -
> let's
> see.
Excellent idea.
-Nathan
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