From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:48:54 +0000 (+2000)
Subject: Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large queries?
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Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large queries?
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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
+To: Gaute Hope <eg@gaute.vetsj.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
+Subject: Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large
+ queries?
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+Gaute Hope <eg@gaute.vetsj.com> writes:
+
+> Hi,
+>
+> I am wondering how the different frontends deal with displaying large
+> queries? Do you just display everything at the time? Or do you display a
+> limited number and then show more on-demand?
+>
+
+I only know the emacs front end, and I suspect the answer won't help you
+much. We start filling an emacs buffer asynchronously with the results,
+and display the top of the buffer with the first results.  Results are
+appended to the end of the buffer, typically much faster than the user
+can scroll.
+
+d