Suggest indexing the filenames inside *.zip and *.jar

[sidetalker]

When I get a java ClassNotFound exception but don't know that class is in which *.jar or *.zip file, I would launch "Everything" to search for it. However Everything doesn't look inside files. I would suggest Everything also index the filenames inside *.zip and *.jar then it would be quite useful. But, will it slow down the performance of Everything?

[void]

will it slow down the performance of Everything?

Yes, and realtime updating would not be efficient.

However, I plan to add support for custom filelists.

I will consider adding support to build custom filelists from zip file contents and including them in your "Everything" database when indexing...

[sidetalker]

Great!!!
Those *.zip and *.tar library files are seldom changed. Hope they won't affect the realtime updating too much.
(Hmm... if one zip file is detected to be unchanged, all the filenames inside it don't need to update, right?)
It's wonderful that you will consider supporting custom filelists.

[therube]

Suppose you could unzip the archives for the sole purpose of having Everything then be able to find their contents.
(If it's not too many archives & size is not too great, should be do able.)

Mozilla packs parts of itself into ".jar" files (nothing more then a .zip). So if you're looking for something you may not find it, because what you're expecting to find is actually zip'd up. Going forward they will do this to a greater degree, omnijar.

[sidetalker]

That's a good inspiration!!!

Now I unzip every *.jar into a non-interfering directory (e.g. "C:\alljars"). If I need to know what *.jar the class "org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration" is in, I just type "Configuration.class" in Everything, and it shows me the "C:\alljars\hadoop-0.20.2-core\org\apache\hadoop\conf" directory. Then I know the answer is "hadoop-0.20.2-core.jar" !!!

It works, without having to ask for new features of Everything.

For improvement, I would write a script to deflate every file in my "C:\alljars" into zero size, because I only need the filenames.

[sidetalker]

Feedback update:

Now I use Total Commander (a free shareware) to do that.

Of course the searching is far less promptly than Everything's pre-indexing.

Just like Total Commander support searching filenames inside *.zip and *.jar, I would suggest Everything support indexing inside *.zip and *.jar.

[FoxSpirit]

will it slow down the performance of Everything?

Yes, and realtime updating would not be efficient.

However, I plan to add support for custom filelists.

I will consider adding support to build custom filelists from zip file contents and including them in your "Everything" database when indexing...

Thanks a lot, that would be really great.

[arlanda]

a script to deflate every file in my "C:\alljars" into zero size, because I only need the filenames.

This will be useful. Can also add a number of other file format (ie. ISO RAR etc.) but I think this is probably asking too much for the author to add this support.

[sidetalker]

I mean I will write the program by myself.