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Posted: **Mon 14 Apr 2014, 17:08**

Did a quick test on Raring-5.6.94.
3 consecutive search & export results - no hangs, so far.
The older version sometimes (not always) froze on export.
Can you also make a deb package, or just show a strictly Debian structure? I like pfind and want to install it in my self made Debian Live builds.

Thank you in advance.

Posted: **Mon 14 Apr 2014, 17:22**

Hi Sigmund,

I (only I?) like a animated figure as a search assistant. Accidentally in XP there is a dog, looks so nice as Puppy

.
It would be neat to get the same dog. But maybe it could be too difficult to integrate it?

Regards from Vienna,
Walter

Posted: **Tue 15 Apr 2014, 14:07**

Never mind, Fredx has already taken care of pfind.deb:
http://www.smokey01.com/saintless/Fredx181
I think, I can repack it.

Posted: **Wed 16 Apr 2014, 07:21**

MyPuppysaysWauWau wrote:I (only I?) like a animated figure as a search assistant. Accidentally in XP there is a dog, looks so nice as Puppy .
It would be neat to get the same dog. But maybe it could be too difficult to integrate it?

As far as I know, animations in the Puppy environment is doable, but troublesome:
- pFind itself can loop images to show an animation, but this requires too much of the systems resources.
- Gif animations are supported, but these doesn't look good,
- Libsvg does not support animated vector code, and this is the logic approach as I see it.

An even if we could support animations, I feel certain that many users would be against it, as it WILL occupy a noticeable part of the cpu.

Sigmund

Posted: **Wed 16 Apr 2014, 08:59**

Thx for the information, Sigmund!

No problem at all!

Regards,
Walter

Posted: **Sat 21 Jun 2014, 03:35**

Hi Sigmund,
many thanks for that more and more handy app !

Here cannot modify the exclude path (not present in /root/.pfind/pfindrc ...

) ... it was already the case in 5.11: i tried to modify the path through the menu File/configure/general thumbnail and "modify search options" .. but pfinds exclude path keeps sticked on *initrd/pup_*
Any other way to set the path ?
Cheers, Charlie

last edited:
OK .. here riuns pfilesearch-1.34; manualy editing /root/.pfilesearch/pfilesearchrc accordingly fixes my question

Posted: **Sun 22 Jun 2014, 17:02**

pFliesearch 1.35 is uploaded
See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 950#177950

Changelog
- Bugfix: Save preferences

Posted: **Tue 24 Jun 2014, 00:01**

Should I remove a built-in version of Pfind before installing the latest version, or simply install the new version?

thanks

Posted: **Tue 24 Jun 2014, 05:49**

just install the most recent.
It will place itself on top of the old.

Sigmund

Posted: **Sat 28 Jun 2014, 07:34**

hello im using pfind 5.11 and there is a problem that pfind/func -build_treeitems needs to use separate file that is not being monitored to prevent slow down of displaying a large number of search results. i modified it to start with:

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-build_treeitems)
	>/tmp/pfind-treeitems$PROGPID
	>/tmp/pfind-treeitemsx$PROGPID
	... #original code but using the x name
	mv /tmp/pfind-treeitemsx$PROGPID /tmp/pfind-treeitems$PROGPID
	;;

it was very noticable on my system, if you actually change this i was guessed you might want to instead change the tree to monitor pfind-treeitems-final because that is a better than the x name but you'd have to modify 2 files
i also had an issue using Open with TextEditor and had to set it to use this script instead of a texteditor (this might have been fixed in 5.12 though):

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#!/bin/sh
for a in $@
do b=$(readlink $a)
defaulttexteditor "$b" & rm $a
done

Posted: **Sat 28 Jun 2014, 09:13**

xmf-149
Wow, that was a really good catch

I checked the 'Open with texteditor', and it works for me with 5.12. Could you please test 5.13?

Sigmund

Posted: **Sat 28 Jun 2014, 09:14**

Pfind 5.13 is uploaded.
See main post

changelog
- Speed up rendering of searchresult. (thanks to xmf-149)

Posted: **Mon 06 Oct 2014, 03:53**

I've been using Pfind for years and its always getting better, I only have one issue with it, When I copy text from a console and paste it in pfind in the search box, usually it copies the text already in the search box "Search text" and paste that, then I have to delete the "Search text" and recopy the text and paste it. I would like to see the "Search text" removed. would make life much easier.

ttuuxxx

Posted: **Mon 06 Oct 2014, 06:03**

ttuuxxx
I fully agree.
I have had the same issue in firefox for ages and still wonder about the reason. Can anyone help out?

Sigmund

Posted: **Mon 06 Oct 2014, 06:35**

zigbert wrote:ttuuxxx
I fully agree.
I have had the same issue in firefox for ages and still wonder about the reason. Can anyone help out?

Sigmund

I removed it from Pfind, now it works perfectly. I updated the latest with the fix. Also updated the version number

Posted: **Tue 07 Oct 2014, 16:30**

ttuuxxx wrote:I removed it from Pfind, now it works perfectly. I updated the latest with the fix. Also updated the version number

After installation, the search text is replaced by "Project-Id-Version: box_yesno VERSION" (see screenshot).
I use Puppy Precise CE 5.7.1 + devx + momanager_20141002
Regards

Posted: **Tue 07 Oct 2014, 18:46**

ASRI éducation wrote:
ttuuxxx wrote:I removed it from Pfind, now it works perfectly. I updated the latest with the fix. Also updated the version number
After installation, the search text is replaced by "Project-Id-Version: box_yesno VERSION" (see screenshot).
I use Puppy Precise CE 5.7.1 + devx + momanager_20141002
Regards

Posted: **Wed 08 Oct 2014, 07:27**

I want 'searchtext' to show up, so I want another solution. pMusic has the same info, but it is deleted as soon as the mouse enters the field. I will into it...

Sigmund

Posted: **Wed 08 Oct 2014, 07:33**

ttuuxxx
I have added this line 165 to /usr/local/pfind/pfind, and it works for me.
Does it meet your request?

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       <action condition="command_is_true([[ `echo \"$SEARCHSTRING\" | grep -F \"'$(gettext 'Search text')'\"` ]] && echo true)" signal="enter-notify-event">clear:SEARCHSTRING</action>

Posted: **Wed 08 Oct 2014, 08:36**

zigbert wrote:ttuuxxx
I have added this line 165 to /usr/local/pfind/pfind, and it works for me.
Does it meet your request?
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       <action condition="command_is_true([[ `echo "$SEARCHSTRING" | grep -F "'$(gettext 'Search text')'"` ]] && echo true)" signal="enter-notify-event">clear:SEARCHSTRING</action>

It disappears nicely, But I keep getting Search textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textSearch textch textSearch textSearch text

,
Worked best without the search text,Too bad you couldn't have a search box over a image in the background that said "Search text" , But really do you need that text, I've been using it all day without and loving it:). Everyone knows what a search box is for, Or have the text above it. Heck I could make you you a Image for it,

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exclude keep sticked on /initrd/pup_*