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Re:Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader by ori_b on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @12:24PM (#19200759)
> But they still lack the "alternate view" on your library. Those Walled Garden-Apps that work with librarys are more like a relational database, offering flexible selections and content-optimized views that filemanagers are normally lacking.

Thankfully, there are also full-text indexers like spotlight and tracker.

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Re:Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader by PurpleRamen on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:52PM (#19203727)
How good does that sync between devices?
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Re:Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader by ori_b on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:35AM (#19205804)
If you have access to the files on a device, it will index the files.
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Re:Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader by PurpleRamen on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:25AM (#19206731)
Yes, but that does not replicate the view and configuration. What about custom fields? How does that work with indexer? And how do they sync?

The advantage of integrated solutions is that you have less work to replicate your workspace on a new device, often even no work at all. How well does that work with indexer? Spotlight does not even work indepedant of the platform, tracker is Gnome-ware, does it integrate with KDE or Non-KDE?

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