[ubuntu-uk] Ayatana / Lens searches for tokens only

[Tyler J. Wagner]

Related to that, the Lens searches seem to be based on tokens of entire
words, not substrings. They are delimited by whitespace or changes in
capitalisation.

For instance, I have Handbrake installed. The desktop file gives a
description of "HandBrake". The capital letter B is significant. If I
search for "hand" or "brake", it appears. If I search for "Handbrake",
"handb", or anything that crosses the capital B, the search fails.

Further, if I search for "and", it doesn't find HandBrake at all. Searches
must begin at the start of a word. This *really* needs to be fixed.

The Mint menu doesn't have a problem with any of these.

Regards,
Tyler

On 2012-09-25 15:26, Bill B. wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am curious as to why there is all this fuss about a
> not-yet-fully-released dash and how it has distracted all attention away
> from the dash's real problems.
> 
> As an example I would cite the failure of the apps lens to properly show
> required applications... I run 12.4.1 fully updated and have a few [12]
> games installed on my netbook for when I'm away and bored.  I know I
> have 12 games installed but have yet to find a search to display them as
> a result.  e.g "games" displays 1, "game" displays 6... perhaps for the
> whole selection I should type "oi! get it right"!
> 
> Good move, you clever Canonocallies... nothing like a bit of fog to
> cover up in true American presidential election stylie  ;)
> 

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