Searching With Beagle; Using Beagle; Section 9.1, "Using Beagle - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

Searching with Beagle

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Beagle is a search tool that indexes your personal information space (normally your home directory)
to find whatever you're looking for. Using Beagle, you can find documents, e-mails and attachments,
Web history, IM/IRC conversations, address book contacts, calendar appointments, notes, source
code, images, music and video files, archives and their contents, and applications.
Section 9.1, "Using Beagle," on page 173
Section 9.2, "Search Tips," on page 174
Section 9.3, "Performing a Property Search," on page 174
Section 9.4, "Setting Search Preferences," on page 175
Section 9.5, "Indexing Other Directories," on page 176
Section 9.6, "Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed," on page 177

9.1 Using Beagle

To use Beagle, click Computer, enter your search terms in the Search field, then press Enter. The
results are displayed in the Desktop Search dialog box.
Desktop Search Dialog Box
Figure 9-1
You can use the results lists to open a file, forward it via e-mail, or display it in the file manager.
Simply right-click an item in the results list and select the option you want. The options available for
an item in the results list depend on the type of file it is. Clicking a file in the list displays a preview
of the file and information such as the title, path, and date the file was last modified or accessed.
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