Problem refiling using IDO with flex matching

Problem refiling using IDO with flex matching

[Gregory J. Grubbs]

Hi, all.

I find that using IDO with fuzzy matching turned on is making org-refile
unusable.  The problem is that emacs will lock up for up to 45 seconds
for each character I type, as ido searches through 3 levels of headings
in all my archive files.  I like having ido turned on for this, as it
allows me to type a word that is unique to a 3rd-level heading, and jump
right to that without having to find it hierarchically.  But I can live
without flex matching for this purpose.

There is no hook run at the beginning of org-refile, so I have tried
using defadvice to turn off flex matching.  For some reason, it isn't
working for me:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defadvice org-refile-pseudo-hook (before org-refile)
  "do some customizations prior to running org-refile"
  (setq ido-enable-flex-matching nil))
(ad-activate 'org-refile-pseudo-hook)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I've tried doing the above as "around" advice as well as "before"
advice.  In either case, flex matching is still turned on when I invoke
org-refile.

I suppose an alternative would be to add a hook variable to be run near
the beginning of org-refile.  But I would still love to be enlightened
about the correct use of defadvice!

FWIW, here are what I think are my relevant variable settings (the
verify function could be suspected of slowing things down, but selection
is very fast with ido flex matching off):
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(ido-everywhere 1)
(setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
(setq org-goto-interface 'outline-path-completion)
(setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)
(setq org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 3))
      org-refile-use-outline-path 'file
      org-refile-target-verify-function
      (lambda ()
	(not (member "ARCHIVE" (org-get-tags)))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Re: Problem refiling using IDO with flex matching

[Gregory J. Grubbs]

gregory@dynapse.com (Gregory J. Grubbs) writes:

> Hi, all.
>
> I find that using IDO with fuzzy matching turned on is making org-refile
> unusable.  The problem is that emacs will lock up for up to 45 seconds
> for each character I type, as ido searches through 3 levels of headings
> in all my archive files.  I like having ido turned on for this, as it
> allows me to type a word that is unique to a 3rd-level heading, and jump
> right to that without having to find it hierarchically.  But I can live
> without flex matching for this purpose.
>
> There is no hook run at the beginning of org-refile, so I have tried
> using defadvice to turn off flex matching.  For some reason, it isn't
> working for me:
>
> (defadvice org-refile-pseudo-hook (before org-refile)
>   "do some customizations prior to running org-refile"
>   (setq ido-enable-flex-matching nil))
> (ad-activate 'org-refile-pseudo-hook)
>
> I've tried doing the above as "around" advice as well as "before"
> advice.  In either case, flex matching is still turned on when I invoke
> org-refile.
>
> I suppose an alternative would be to add a hook variable to be run near
> the beginning of org-refile.  But I would still love to be enlightened
> about the correct use of defadvice!
>
> FWIW, here are what I think are my relevant variable settings (the
> verify function could be suspected of slowing things down, but selection
> is very fast with ido flex matching off):
> (ido-everywhere 1)
> (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
> (setq org-goto-interface 'outline-path-completion)
> (setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)
> (setq org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 3))
>       org-refile-use-outline-path 'file
>       org-refile-target-verify-function
>       (lambda ()
> 	(not (member "ARCHIVE" (org-get-tags)))))
>
>
>
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I clearly should not be allowed to play with sharp objects.  

The following is working now:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defadvice org-refile (before org-refile-pseudo-hook dis)
  (setq ido-enable-flex-matching nil))

(ad-enable-advice 'org-refile 'before 'org-refile-pseudo-hook)
(ad-activate 'org-refile)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---