Does spotlight plugin add all those files to index?

[joseph...@gmail.com]

In the past, I've had to be careful about adding too many folders to QuickSilver so it doesn't get too slow and take up too much memory. However, with the Spotlight plugin, which I just install for the first time, can I search using its index now? I've read its documentation page, but I'm not understanding how to use it. 

[Rob McBroom]

There are actions from that plug-in that will allow you to do one-off Spotlight searches (the results are not added to the catalog), but honestly the regular Spotlight interface is probably better for that.

The main value of the plug-in is that it allows you to create custom catalog entries based on a Spotlight query (instead of a specific folder location). Installing the plug-in doesn’t do anything to your catalog or results unless you create one of these entries. For example, I’ve always disabled the built-in Applications preset and created one using the Spotlight source that searches for kMDItemContentTypeTree == 'com.apple.application'.

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Rob McBroom