On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 05:00:04 -0700, <mc-requ...@gnome.org> wrote:
I wonder if it's (or would be) possible to sort the filenames in the find files dialog? I presume it's about sorting the files list *before* processing to the in-file search, so that results can be presented as they are performing.
Speaking of find files, I just upgraded from my well hacked 4.6.1 to 4.8.10 last week. Awesome. The new dialogs are superb. Thank you devs. Back to the question: I get results as they happen. Does your system wait until everything is done before displaying results? I use find files on huge directory trees very often. Any sorting process would slow down an already lengthy process I would imagine. Of course I'm usually grepping for something. If you are just finding files without looking through the content, then I could see maybe wanting the results sorted (alphabetically?). I believe find files just scrams through the dirs and files in whatever order they present themselves from the disk in order to be a speedy as possible. As an addendum, if the files were sorted first, and then grepped, that would mean the A's *always* get processed before the Z's, or some such thing. I don't think I would like that very much. What might be more useful to me is a button to sort the results *after* the search had been completed. And even then, do you sort on the pathname? Modify time? Inode? Owner? Choices, choices, options, options... One thing I might do to improve find file, is to show the patterns that are being scanned for in the title of the results dialog. eg: ---------- Find File: '*.[ch]' Content: 'const char' ---------- because I often have more than one mc running on different terminals or workspaces. I get a lengthy find files/grep going, then flip to another workspace, poke around there, then check email, then check on dinner, answer the phone, and when I get back I cannot remember what the heck it was I was grepping for to begin with. With the results dialog up, there is no indication of what it's looking for, then I have to escape and do it again to see. On a lengthy grep, this is very wasteful. -- Peace and Cheer _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc