Also use description to find apps

[probonopd]

As a newcomer to Haiku, I tend to forget application's names.

For example, I want to launch that "git GUI" but I really don't know its name anymore.

Being able to type git and get Guitar would be invaluable. HaikuDepot GUI can do it.

Actually, that is what I am currently using to find out the names of apps... the fourth match is what I am after. So the needed metainfo must be somewhere.

[diversys]

Perhaps QL could optionally also look into app description. This way it would have found "A Qt based git client".

[probonopd]

Yes, that's exactly what I am looking for.

[probonopd]

It could probably also show full text search results... kinda like Spotlight does on the Mac.

[diversys]

For full text search there is an index_server but it's not finished yet and so not included in Haiku yet.

[probonopd]

OK, that's a separate topic anyhow. For now, being able to type "irc" or "chat" would already be a huge plus, at least for me, who is new to the system and doesn't remember the app's names yet.

[humdingerb]

If I ever get to continue working on QuickLaunch -- slim chances in summer :) -- I'll look into it.
It'll probably be limited to the "long info" attribute as I don't see QL querying the HaikuDepotServer for the description shown in HaikuDepot.