Questions tagged [smartscopes]

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Are actions on local files sent to the Smart Scopes Server?

I realized this is not entirely obvious from the documentation. When I search for something in the Dash, a UUID and a search phrase is sent to productsearch.ubuntu.com, providing the Smart Scopes service. If I then act upon one of these results,…
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Smart Scopes run-order

Using Smart Scopes on my desktop Ubuntu 13.10, I noticed that sometimes (typically the first time I search for something using Dash) applications installed on my system take a backstage to online recommendations (shopping, for sure, but also my…
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In which package is the more_suggestions.scope located and what does it do?

I can see that there are several scopes in Ubuntu 14.04 like searchin.scope web.scope books.scope news.scope more_suggestions.scope recipes.scope etc. What functions do these scopes perform? And which package contains these scopes?
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