Hi Mario, That is not the result I hoped for :( I will need to generate some random large text files to test & debug on my end.
Regards, Jaap On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:59 PM Mario Bezzi < [email protected]> wrote: > I think I submitted my request circa 2014 under the previous bug tracking > system - was it hosted by Ubuntu-one? - but yes, the idea is similar. > > I just downloaded the development version, extracted it into a temporary > folder, and ran it via the ./zim.py command. > > Indexing took some 15 minutes. Below a snapshot of what top was saying > about the execution. > > top - 12:45:28 up 3 days, 16:12, 1 user, load average: 1.87, 1.92, 2.48 > Tasks: 356 total, 3 running, 353 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > %Cpu(s): 13.0 us, 5.4 sy, 0.0 ni, 81.6 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, > 0.0 st > MiB Mem : 31658.1 total, 320.9 free, 19312.0 used, 12025.3 buff/cache > MiB Swap: 976.0 total, 0.0 free, 976.0 used. 10085.6 avail Mem > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ > COMMAND > > 159310 mario_b+ 20 0 771220 80184 43420 R 100.0 0.2 *14:42.13 > zim.py* > > Please let me know if there is more I can do. > > Thank you, > mario > > On 4/23/21 11:25 AM, Jaap Karssenberg wrote: > > Yes that explains, those large files will have a big impact on the > indexer. > > You are referring to this issue: Make indexer ignore text files that are > not zim pages · Issue #907 · zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki (github.com) > <https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/907> which > is fixed in the development branch and will be in the next release. > > With that fix the indexer will read the first line of each file to decide > whether it is a zim file or not, and if not it will not try to access the > contents. > > Would be great if you have a chance to test the development branch and see > whether it works in practice for your case ! > > -- Jaap > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 7:32 PM Mario Bezzi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The folder contains 3118 ".txt" files, for a total of 2GB of data. Some >> large txt files are attachments. A long time ago I submitted a request to >> avoid indexing these. Not sure it has been fulfilled though. >> >> Thank you, >> mario >> >> On 4/8/21 7:32 PM, Jaap Karssenberg wrote: >> >> Can you indicate how big your notebook folder is? Either an extreme case, >> or some bug making it take much longer than needed. >> >> Op do 8 apr. 2021 15:59 schreef Mario Bezzi < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> Thanks Jaap, I was not aware of this. >>> >>> To give you an idea, I just restarted Zim, and indexing kept a processor >>> 100% busy for 13 minutes to come to an end. It was nice if this could be >>> avoided. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> mario >>> >>> On 4/8/21 10:06 AM, Jaap Karssenberg wrote: >>> >>> The indexing is not used for searching alone, it is also needed to e.g. >>> present the page tree in the side pane and to track links >>> >>> Op do 8 apr. 2021 09:34 schreef Mario Bezzi < >>> [email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I may be the only one, but with my quite large notebooks I do find the >>>> search function impractical, and for this reason I never use it. Still, >>>> when it starts, Zim goes crazy for a long time indexing, and I came to >>>> the conclusion that this is normal. >>>> >>>> If this is the case, I would like to file a requirement to add the >>>> ability to make indexing optional. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> mario >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> >> >
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