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Hi


I though it could be a good idea for many people to limit the function "search in subfolders" in some way.

It could be some additional fields to the right where you choose something like:
"Start in folder at level 3"
"Stop in folders at level 5"
or so...

Good idea


Thanks,
Zettt

Interesting idea. I'll have to ponder it.

Just for the record, could you give me specific examples where this would come into play?

Sure.

Well, i got a folder here which is called "pending".
Inside that i got a few other folders: "idea", "in preparation", "to wait for", "currently active"

And on the first subfolder of each of them i got some Hazel rules defined which let me know if there are any projects i am not interested anymore.
Let's say i haven't modified something inside "idea" for 4 weeks it's VERY possible that i am not interested in this project anymore and it was just one of those "ideas ".

On the other hand there are maybe some files i haven't worked on for 4 weeks inside "to wait for". And therefore i should email the guy whose answer i am waiting for if he is still interested in his project.

The same goes rules i've set up for the other folders to see if am a lazy dumbass or currently working on something.


To make it short. I do want to to have a Hazel look inside each of that folders (subfolder of pending) but not any further (because there are files/folders inside which do actually belong to a project).
By now i have to drop each folder to hazel and duplicate the same rules to each of them...

Is that clear enough?

Thanks. I've added it to the feature db. I think the thing is whether this would be too technical for people to grasp or not (though I do realize that the whole descending into folders thing is difficult to grasp as it is). In any case, it's being considered.

I got another idea. If people find it too difficult handling specific features, you could think about adding a "geek mode" or something like that.
This way you can add some more advanced features like "search for every file which contains /(bb|[^b]{2})/" - but i don't have an overview how people in the past have reacted and request for such a feature.

Thanks

I'd like to avoid a geek mode but instead try to make more difficult to comprehend features more accessible. At the same time, I don't know if regular expressions are something that can ever be made "easy." Nonetheless, it is something that I am thinking about.