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[Feature] scoop search description #4412

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kishikaisei opened this issue Jul 24, 2021 · 2 comments
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[Feature] scoop search description #4412

kishikaisei opened this issue Jul 24, 2021 · 2 comments

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@kishikaisei
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It seems to me that it will be useful to be able to run a search including the application description.
Like for instance, I want to install a music player, I don't have a preference and I just want to have something.
It would be nice to run lets say scoop search-description music or scoop search-description 'music player' and the result can be a list:

deadbeef {version} {bucket}
foobar2000 {version} {bucket}
etc...
@t-mart
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t-mart commented Dec 20, 2021

+1 to this request. I stumbled upon scoop to install a random package a few days ago, but since then, I feel like I've transformed my Windows experience with the apps I've found in the buckets. Scoop isn't just an app installer -- it's an app discoverer too!

My work around method has been to clone the bucket repos and use my editor's search function, which would mostly yield results from the description fields in the bucket's json files, depending on if the keyword was specific enough. Not ideal, but workable.

As far as implementation goes, instead of a new subcommand, I'd simply just augment search to accept an --include-description option.

@gavenkoa
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Instead of having a dedicated command for searching in the "description" I think existing search command should be extended.

apt-cache search and dnf search work in such way, see: #4193.

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