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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Jed Brown <jed@59a2.org>, Michael Hudson-Doyle\r
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+Subject: Re: Emacs client scalability for long, deeply-nested threads\r
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+Jed Brown <jed@59a2.org> writes:\r
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+> Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson@canonical.com> writes:\r
+>\r
+>> I have encountered this too. A C-u before entering the thread helps\r
+>> (this means already read messages are not rendered I think), as does a\r
+>> M-x notmuch-show-toggle-thread-indentation . \r
+>\r
+> Thanks, Michael. This does help, though it makes it hard to interpret\r
+> context. I'd love a solution that does not degrade utility so\r
+> drastically.\r
+\r
+How is the performance of tree-view on these threads?\r
+\r
+d\r