Re: [gentoo-user] KDE plasmashell and wallpapers.

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:14:05 GMT Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > On Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:30:10 GMT Dale wrote:
> >> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> >>> On Saturday, 28 December 2019 05:57:16 GMT Dale wrote:
> >>>> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> >>>>> On Tuesday, 24 December 2019 20:42:07 GMT Dale wrote:
> >>>>>> I think I'm just going to have to whittle down the number for a
> >>>>>> while.
> >>>>>> Maybe later on a fix will come along.  Maybe.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> What happens if you switch off file indexing in the control panel, or
> >>>>> just
> >>>>> its subsidiary option Also Index file content? Workspace > Search >
> >>>>> Enable File Search.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I looked around in the System Settings window and can't find that
> >>>> setting.  Am I looking in the right place?  I sort of think this is a
> >>>> separate thing tho.  It may be using the same tool but won't be
> >>>> controlled by system settings.  Anything is possible tho.  I'll
> >>>> certainly test the option if I can find it. ;-)
> >>> 
> >>> I may have misled you by calling it the Control Panel. It's actually
> >>> System
> >>> Settings > Workspace > Search > Enable File Search.
> >>> 
> >>> I wouldn't expect your wallpaper operations to be affected by this, but
> >>> then what do I know about it?   ;)
> >> 
> >> I must have it disabled by a USE flag or something because there is no
> >> mention of search in the list.  I recall disabling some stuff when I was
> >> switching to KDE4.
> > 
> > It is probably USE="semantic-desktop":
> > 
> > $ euse -i semantic-desktop
> > global use flags (searching: semantic-desktop)
> > ************************************************************
> > [+  D   ] semantic-desktop - Cross-KDE support for semantic search and
> > information retrieval
> > 
> > local use flags (searching: semantic-desktop)
> > ************************************************************
> > [+  D   ] semantic-desktop
> > 
> >     media-gfx/digikam: Enable kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata support
> >     
> >         [+  ] (5) 6.3.0-r1 [gentoo]
> >         [+  ] (5) 6.4.0 [gentoo]
> 
> I'm pretty much certain you are right.  That rings a bell in those cells
> between my ears.  It is turned off in make.conf too.  I can't recall
> what all that thing did but I remember people not wanting it.  I just
> followed a bunch of others on that.  Can't be to important since I do
> what I need to without it.  lol 
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 

Wikipedia explains what semantic search is.  Pretty much what Google does when 
your search for something and you find a bunch of MSWindows answers coming up 
top, annoying the hell out you!  LOL!

PS. I tend to add "-Windows" in many searches these days in order to keep my 
blood pressure down.  :-p

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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