Ok, I changed the progress bar and replaced the sluggish [lsort -command]. It now responds pretty much instantaneously when you start a search:
http://puredata.info/Members/jancsika/searchandbrowseplugin/view Earlier when I tested on winxp it initially took about 15 seconds to load the search, but then it took around 3 seconds after that (even after re-opening Pd, so I don't think it was caching anything). Haven't tried on OSX yet. -Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> > To: Jonathan Wilkes <[email protected]> > Cc: PD List <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:38 PM > Subject: Re: [PD] Browse/Search plugin update > > > On 10/30/2012 07:20 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: >> I updated my search plugin by adding a progressbar: >> >> http://puredata.info/Members/jancsika/searchandbrowseplugin/view >> >> It also prints out the number of files it searched. There were some >> reports of a search taking over a minute, but with GNU/Linux and >> winxp I'm getting about 3 seconds for a little over 9,000 docs (I >> think I'm searching two different copies of pd-extended libs so >> that should be well over what you'd typically be searching). If >> people are getting long searches please start by telling me how >> many files you're searching. Also, the progressbar updates don't >> start until it's built a list of files and sorted it, so if it's > taking a long >> time when you search before the progressbar appears then that >> may be the culprit. >> >> Now that the interface updates live I don't really think there's > much >> need to build an index. You can start reading the first results >> immediately and even scroll the list as it finishes printing the results. >> (I guess I can also add a "Cancel" button, too.) >> >> Let me know if there are any bugs. >> >> -Jonathan > > Looking very good! I consider this something everyone should install now. > The > progress bar is a good enhancement. I wonder if it could somehow fit in to > the > GUI elements better somehow. Its fine how it is, but it seems a little out > of > place. > > Looks like there are some debug messages still in it, I get these when > hovering: > > filename is 5.reference/all_about_arrays.pd > basedir is > /Applications/Pd-0.43.3-extended-20121008.app/Contents/Resources/doc > filename is 5.reference/loop~-help.pd > basedir is > /Applications/Pd-0.43.3-extended-20121008.app/Contents/Resources/doc > filename is 5.reference/all_about_arrays.pd > filelist is 7751 > filelist is 7751 > > .hc > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
