Table of Contents
Advertisement
3 Select the scope of the search in Within on the right. To search all the indexed
4 Press Find to start the search. Results are displayed in the main area of the win-
Results are displayed in a window, sorted according to your settings. Click any item to
activate it. To open a folder containing a found file instead of the file itself, click Reveal
in Filemanager.
You can change the sort order at any time by right-clicking the result window and
choosing your preferred sorting method from the context menu.
Use Previous results and Next results to move between pages of the result list. The
number of items found is shown in the bottom part of the window.
11.2 Configuring Kerry
You can configure Kerry by right-clicking its icon in the tray and choosing Configure
Kerry. On the Search tab, keep Start search and indexing services automatically acti-
vated if you want Kerry to index your data automatically. Use Maximum number of
results displayed to determine the number of results to show per page and Default sort
order to determine the default order of the results displayed. They can be sorted by
relevance, name, or modification date.
11.2.1 Indexing More Directories
By default, Kerry indexes your home folder only. If you want to index more folders,
follow these steps:
196
KDE User Guide
of Mars, Venus, or both. To exclude search terms, use a minus symbol (–) in
front of them. For example, Mars -Venus finds all data containing any occur-
rence of Mars but without any occurrence of Venus. To search for an exact phrase,
enclose the phrase in quotes. If you want to include only certain file type in results,
specify its extension with ext:. For example, Mars ext:xml finds xml files
containing Mars.
content, choose Everything. However, you can limit the search only to indexed
applications, office documents, instant messenger conversations, image files,
media files, or Web pages by making an appropriate choice from the menu.
dow.
Advertisement
Table of Contents
