At the moment when I perform a file search I get a lot of results that I'm not interested in seeing. Primarily these are by-products of compilation of programs. E.g., Java class files.
My understanding is that the current version of Alfred v2 provides a few ways in which specific file types can be excluded:
* Under "Features | File Search" there is the "Don't Show" section. The problem here is that the categories not to show are hard-wired and don't cover all of the cases that are a problem for me. Also, it's not immediately obvious what types are covered by categories such as "Source Files".
* Spotlight can be told not to index particular directories. This is fine if the files you want to exclude occur in obvious directory hierarchies and are not accompanied there by files you *do* want to index. That is not the case for me. E.g., Java class files occur all over the place in my HOME directory and are co-located in project directories with files such as source code or documentation which I do want to index.
* A custom workflow to replace the default file search. In a file filter it is possible to specify which file types should be included. Unfortunately, the types I want to include are more numerous than the ones that I want to exclude. I am currently forced to specify all of the "include" file types which is tedious and error-prone since I may never know that I've left something useful out. It would be much easier to specify "exclude" types since I can always add to that list later without running the risk of missing things.
Am I missing another method that would do what I want?
If not, I would like to suggest that an explicit configuration option be added to file filters to allow specific file types to be excluded by the filter.
thanks,
Tony