5.2 Configuring Kerry
You can configure Kerry by right-clicking its icon in the tray and
choosing or by clicking
in Kerry's main window. The configuration
dialog has four tabs.
On the tab, you can change the
, on one page, or shortcuts for
activating Kerry Beagle Search.
On the tab, set whether the Beagle
indexing service should be started automatically and whether data should
be indexed while the computer is operating on battery power. You can
also determine which folders should be indexed by Kerry Beagle Search
and which folders should not be indexed at all.
See Section 5.2.1, Indexing More Directories and
Section 5.2.2, Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed for detailed instructions.
On the tab, choose which of the
available Beagle back-ends should be enabled. To disable a
back-end, uncheck it. For example, if you do not want your Kopete
conversations be indexed by Kerry Beagle, uncheck the
back-end.
On the tab, check the status of Beagle
daemon. You can stop or start the daemon manually here. To use Kerry
Beagle Search functionality, the daemon must be running.
5.2.1 Indexing More Directories
By default, Kerry indexes your home folder only. If you do not want
your home folder to be indexed, uncheck the option on the tab of the
Kerry configuration. To index more folders, follow
these steps:
-
If the Kerry Beagle configuration dialog is not open yet,
right-click the Kerry icon in the tray and choose
.
-
Click the tab.
-
Click the button in the middle part
() of the tab.
-
In the dialog that opens, choose the folder to index and click
.
-
Press .
5.2.2 Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed
To exclude some folders or files from being indexed by Kerry,
follow these steps:
-
If the Kerry Beagle configuration dialog is not open yet,
right-click the Kerry icon in the tray and choose
.
-
Click the tab.
-
Click in the bottom
part () of the tab.
-
In the dialog that opens, choose a folder not to index by
selecting the option. Specify the path
to the folder in the text field or press the folder button and
choose the folder in a file dialog.
You can also specify files not to index by selecting
and specifying the
file pattern.
-
Press .
