[OS X TeX] Re: Fwd: [Ii2-announce] TeXLive i-Package updated

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 20, 2007, at 7:48 AM, Enrico Franconi wrote:

> It is possible to permanently add directories to spotlight by  
> explicitly adding them to the _rules.plist of the main volume file  
> using its own editor as follows:
>
> sudo /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property\ List\ Editor.app/ 
> Contents/MacOS/Property\ List\ Editor /.Spotlight-V100/_rules.plist
>
> After that, you have to erase the master copy of the metadata  
> stores for the provided volumes and rebuild everything, as follows:
>
> sudo mdutil -E /
>
> Hope this helps
> --e.

Howdy,

Thanks for this information. I was wondering if there was a way to do  
this!

In reality, the Spotlight Preference Pane should have a ``whitelist''  
tab to go along with its ``blacklist'' (i.e., Privacy) tab.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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