> The problem is that when the search term box is empty, Synaptic displays all > packages. With a slow connection (wifi on a laptop, say) this can be quite a > lag.
That is IMHO completely unrelated to Internet connection as your local database (ie. the one you download via Refresh or apt-get update) is searched only. > My workaround is to type the new term at the end of the old one, and then > hit 'home' and delete the first term. It doesn't feel very natural, and I > often forget. > If I can suggest a solution - have the quick search wait to update the > display a second or so - particularly when the text in the box is .. say ... > 2 characters or less. Just a thought. What if term was searched only when 2 (or 3) characters are written? It makes no sense to search for packages containing less than 3 chars and search takes quite a time. I agree. > Thank you! > Patrick Smith, > Austin, TX > USA > _______________________________________________ > Synaptic-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/synaptic-devel > > -- Vit Pelcak _______________________________________________ Synaptic-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/synaptic-devel
