Sorry, this is not possible, and I can't see how this could ever be made possible.
Christiaan On 27 Feb 2009, at 1:59 AM, Stuart Andrews wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to make smart groups a little lazy? > > I find smart groups extremely useful for organizing my bibliography. > However, it seems that they cause BibDesk to slow down quite a bit. > Previous discussions have also suggested smart groups may affect > performance. http://n2.nabble.com/scaling---performance-td1090694.html#none > > In my case, when changing a publication's fields or adding a linked > file, I count an even 10 seconds of beach-ball hypnosis. This happens > with: > > 97 smart groups > 950 publications >> = 2 ghz dual-core cpu > > After making a backup file and then erasing all of my smart groups, > these operations are instantaneous! > > So, my question is whether there is a way to make smart groups less > diligent in terms of updating their contents after every edit. I > would be happy if I could trigger this update myself ... "Ok smart > groups, show us your beach-ball magic". > > Many thanks to the developers and group discussants! > > Stuart Andrews > Bibdesk version 1.3.20 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source > code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users