Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large queries?

Subject: Re: how do the different frontends deal with displaying large queries?

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:48:54 -0400

To: Gaute Hope, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

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From: David Bremner


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.

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