Comment 46 for bug 646724

Which app do u use to edit the files in that folder ?

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:58 PM, vanadium <email address hidden> wrote:

> There is more going on than the file lens only seeing recent files. I
> have a project folder 6 levels deep under / which I use regularly, and
> the folder itself *never* showed up in the files lens. To me, the file
> lens is completely useless in its current state.
>
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> Title:
> not all files show up in files-place
>
> Status in Unity:
> Triaged
> Status in Unity 2D:
> Triaged
> Status in Unity Files Place:
> Triaged
> Status in Zeitgeist Framework:
> Invalid
> Status in Zeitgeist Data-Sources:
> Invalid
> Status in “unity-place-files” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “zeitgeist” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> The Unity interface, with its files-place feature for user access to
> files/documents etc. is really great.
>
> However there is a problem since the search feature relies wholly on
> zeitgeist (AFAIK), in the zeitgeist is not tracking everything.
>
> E.g. in openoffice, I create a new file (or open an existing one) from
> within openoffice itself. This file does not show up, presumably
> because openoffice does not (yet) push its activity to zeitgeist.
>
> I guess any number of other programs could suffer the same problem.
>
> For the average user, this is surely going to be confusing. They will
> create documents via legitimate means ('New ...' buttons in their
> applications), and then expect to be able to search for them in the
> Unity files-place interface.
>
> To avoid this confusion I would guess there really needs to be a
> filesystem watcher on the home dir (or key folders within it) so that
> zeitgeist is aware of activity caused by non-zeitgeist-aware
> applications.
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