[OS X TeX] Spotlight plug in

[Jens Noeckel]

On Jul 10, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:54 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> Herb,
>>
>> You are right, it was not in /Library/Spotlight/. I put it there  
>> and things are better.
>>
>> But not perfect. The .tex files are mixed in with the documents.
>>
>> Example: I introduced the concept of "pasting" in lattice theory.  
>> I would like to find all my (.tex) paper where this concept is  
>> used. Spotlight lists them in a huge list of "Documents" (826  
>> entries), 95% of which is not .tex.
>>
>> Is there any way to get what I want?
>>
>> GG
>
> Howdy,
>
> There is a freeware system preference pane called BSP <http:// 
> www.end.com/BSP/> that allows you to create new categories in the  
> Spotlight sort. I've made one for files that are searched via the  
> TeX importer so .tex files end up in their own category.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)

Hi,

the most flexible way is still to use the command line: E.g., for  
your search you could type
mdfind pasting | grep ".tex"

The "post-processing" with grep is quite useful for weeding out  
unwanted file types. E.g., if you're looking for all files _except_  
tex files, just say
mdfind pasting | grep -v ".tex"

And of course one can string together more complex things by  
continuing the pipe (the "|" operator) - e.g., filter out files with  
a certain name. Also, the command line mdfind provides the --onlyin  
option, which helps if you already know which directory to search in.

Jens




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