On 2023-09-08, at 18:26, Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that an org file I was using for my capture templates was getting > quite large > and that my capture templates that were pasting TODO entries in that file > were starting to exhibit > strange behavior. Mostly just getting stuck at a mysterious "clipboard > pasted to level 2 subtree" > message, then it would just hang there until I hit ctrl g. > > Since this file was getting quite big and unwieldy, > 5000 lines, I decided > to split it up, so that > the various entries under their headers would be split up into different > files. I basically just > put each header into its own separate file, and updated my > org-capture-templates accordingly. > > Since then, no strange behavior, no stalling and hanging for no apparent > reason. > > So, I was wondering if there is hardcoded somewhere in org some kind of > size limit to the > files it has to deal with, or is this some limitation arising naturally > from the size of > the clipboard? I'm not sure how org handles large files when considering > how to paste > entries from capture templates. It's a /very/ long shot, but I noticed that editing large tables (1000+ lines) can become pretty slow. Apart from that, I have Org files with tens of thousands lines and they work pretty well. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
