Questions tagged [google-desktop-search]

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Source code search with Google Desktop

Is there a indexing plugin for GDS that allows for source code search? I see some for specific types (Java, C++, ...) and one for "any text". These are nice, but I would like one that allows for many/configurable extensions (HTML, CSS, JS, VB, C#,…
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How does Google Desktop Search manage to stay light and fast?

I always wondered what different methods Google Desktop Search is using so that it uses least CPU and memory while indexing a computer containing more 100,000 files on an average. In just few hours it has indexed the whole system and I did not see…
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how do I best/easiest index my matlab (.m) files?

I need to search a large set of matlab (.m) files, and I can't find a way to do it in Google Desktop. I haven't seen any source code indexer that supports matlab either. What options do I have?
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