Skip to content

locatefish/locatefish

Repository files navigation

locatefish is a simple GUI for "locate", forked from [catfish 0.4] (https://launchpad.net/catfish-search/0.4). I forked 0.4 instead of 0.6 simply because I prefer the way it looks.

Besides limiting it to "locate", I've changed several other things to my own liking. Maybe you'll like them too, or use them as a guide to make your own changes:

  • remove all search methods other than "locate"
  • optionally intersect (AND) results from search terms instead of taking their union (OR)
  • speed up search by removing word suggestions
  • disable regexps to allow limiting "locate" command to selected folder
  • speed up search by limiting "locate" command to selected folder
  • change default search folder
  • change the column order
  • increase window size
  • use ISO time format, and show local time instead of UTC

Martin Spacek git@mspacek.mm.st

===============

Original README:

Catfish is a handy file searching tool for linux and unix. Basically it is a frontend for different search engines (daemons) which provides a unified interface. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

Supported backends are find, (s)locate, doodle, tracker, strigi and pinot.

Dependencies: python-gi, python-xdg, dbus (for strigi and pinot)

For installation instructions read INSTALL. For questions about the search backends please read their specific manuals.

You are encouraged to run 'catfish --help' to check out the various command line options.

Please report comments, suggestions and bugs to: Christian Dywan christian@twotoasts.de

Check for new versions at: www.twotoasts.de

About

A GUI for locate, forked from catfish-0.4

Resources

License

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Packages

 
 
 

Contributors