Re: Searching in Cygwin Setup slow on Windows 10

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jun  4 17:38, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> 
> > I have replicated this on Windows 10 and also in Windows 7 when using
> > the cygwin-setup downloaded as of last week.
> 
> That's a good data point.  I haven't searched on Win 7 with the newest
> setup.  I was recalling my experience from previous versions.  But
> yes, you are right, same here on Win 7 with newest setup.  Glad to
> know the problem is not specific to Windows 10.

Typing the search string was always slow.  The algorithm behind the
field checks synchronously for a match for each change in the input
field.  That's ... uncomfortable, to say the least.  Patches to
tweak the search algorithm to become faster are highly appreciated.


Corinna

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