From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D5E3431FB6 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:18:02 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aUzANUpuvXJT for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:18:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com (mail-pz0-f41.google.com [209.85.210.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70B5C429E26 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:18:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so15569498pzk.0 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:17:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=3LmBJ4VVuJvxjfoyJsTSbroOqpCre4tPUJDqhXJHGdw=; b=D8FabQKdLGTTRLuvvfA1MuPVpEMLsncPsLX+8bucdmSMTMbz3tUs5w0cfQv2ADHZoD yk/21pNMoxaYrpObRXGQMy4driyvlXQKstNwAvW/jCGBljPyy8fAj+m4zQPEBd+ddzLO JgM/AjGbLcAmPL7UO1LS5Aj4Yv5t1mY6p6JOQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.33.134 with SMTP id r6mr43768778pbi.76.1321377479385; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:17:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.43.129 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:17:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87d3ctjpsd.fsf@praet.org> References: <1320807328-13728-1-git-send-email-amdragon@mit.edu> <877h382jax.fsf@SSpaeth.de> <87d3czxsu9.fsf@praet.org> <20111111045341.GS2658@mit.edu> <20111111052716.GU2658@mit.edu> <87d3ctjpsd.fsf@praet.org> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:17:59 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: Use a single buffer invisibility spec to fix quadratic search cost. From: servilio To: Pieter Praet Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:18:02 -0000 Hi, Given that this change is about display of search results, I have the suspicion that the following two factors might be more relevant: - size of the Emacs frame: bigger would mean more threads to show - composition of the search results, specially length of the threads displayed, as the longer they go, the more hidden text there will be And because of this, though you might already have a proper method for measuring it, the results are different. I thought about this because my searches have only ~180 threads, yet I could notice the difference. Servilio