From 875fa3da932507da0a2835d9538e6b11c4fe0ac4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:48:54 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large queries? --- 9e/99e903887b230f9f9cfb6b0831dbd6813acd7d | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) create mode 100644 9e/99e903887b230f9f9cfb6b0831dbd6813acd7d diff --git a/9e/99e903887b230f9f9cfb6b0831dbd6813acd7d b/9e/99e903887b230f9f9cfb6b0831dbd6813acd7d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a8ef3018 --- /dev/null +++ b/9e/99e903887b230f9f9cfb6b0831dbd6813acd7d @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462CD6DE0275 + for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:49:03 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.036 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.036 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[AWL=-0.025, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id IzuzKTrPaXif for ; + Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:49:01 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED7A76DE00DF + for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:49:00 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) + (envelope-from ) + id 1aYdZC-0008Fb-28; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:49:38 -0500 +Received: (nullmailer pid 14826 invoked by uid 1000); + Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:48:54 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Gaute Hope , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large + queries? +In-Reply-To: <1456296267-astroid-0-gqidxpyulu-23762@strange> +References: <1456296267-astroid-0-gqidxpyulu-23762@strange> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+5~gca076ce (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:48:54 -0400 +Message-ID: <87ziuqj8xl.fsf@tesseract.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:49:03 -0000 + +Gaute Hope 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 -- 2.26.2