You can configure Kerry by right-clicking its icon in the tray and choosing
or by clicking in Kerry's main window. The configuration dialog has four tabs.On the
tab, you can change the , on one page, or shortcuts for activating Kerry Beagle Search.On the Section 6.2.1, “Indexing More Directories” and Section 6.2.2, “Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed” for detailed instructions.
tab, set whether the Beagle indexing service should be started automatically and whether data should be indexed while the computer is operating on battery power. You can also determine which folders should be indexed by Kerry Beagle Search and which folders should not be indexed at all. SeeOn the
tab, choose which of the available Beagle back-ends should be enabled. To disable a back-end, uncheck it. For example, if you do not want your Kopete conversations be indexed by Kerry Beagle, uncheck the back-end.On the
tab, check the status of Beagle daemon. You can stop or start the daemon manually here. To use Kerry Beagle Search functionality, the daemon must be running.By default, Kerry indexes your home folder only. If you do not want your home folder to be indexed, uncheck the
option on the tab of the Kerry configuration. To index more folders, follow these steps:If the Kerry Beagle configuration dialog is not open yet, right-click the Kerry icon in the tray and choose
.Click the
tab.Click the
button in the middle part ( ) of the tab.In the dialog that opens, choose the folder to index and click
.Press
.To exclude some folders or files from being indexed by Kerry, follow these steps:
If the Kerry Beagle configuration dialog is not open yet, right-click the Kerry icon in the tray and choose
.Click the
tab.Click
in the bottom part ( ) of the tab.In the dialog that opens, choose a folder not to index by selecting the
option. Specify the path to the folder in the text field or press the folder button and choose the folder in a file dialog.You can also specify files not to index by selecting
and specifying the file pattern.Press
.