[OS X TeX] Re: FindContent (Re: How to make locate/spotlight search ...)

[Michael Sharpe]

On Aug 11, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Vic Norton wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> I've installed your FindContent, but I have the same problem with it that I had Claus Gerhardt's suggestion for locating content in /usr/local with Spotlight. FindContent cannot see /usr/local.
> 
> In your readme.txt file you say
>   To search for content of all areas indexed by Spotlight (which
>   includes /usr/local ...
> But that is the rub. My Spotlight (iMac, Mac OSX 10.6.4) has not indexed /usr/local nor do its preferences appear to give me any option to do so. 
> 
> So my question is this. How do I get Spotlight to index /usr/local on my machine? If I can accomplish this I am sure that I will be able to find "Walter Schmidt" in
>   /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/doc/fonts/lucida/readme.lucida
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vic
> 
> On Aug 11, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:
> 
>> I uploaded a revised copy of the Automator service to 
>> 
>> http://math.ucsd.edu/~msharpe/FindContent.dmg
>> 
>> The enclosed readme provides the simple installation instructions. I made a number of revisions including the one pointed out by Claus, plus others that ensure there is a Terminal window open before attempting to write to it.
>> 
>> Michael
> 

Hi Vic,

Obviously, I did not check the output with enough care. The new version posted at

>> http://math.ucsd.edu/~msharpe/FindContent.dmg

has a readme that tries to explain the shortcomings of Spotlight indexing. I was fooled by the fact that it finds file names within /usr/local, and the fact that some time ago, I had copied /usr/local/texlive into /Users/shared so that Spotlight would index the entire system TeXLive trees.

Regards,
Michael