On 2020-09-06 22:52, Daryl Manning wrote:
PS> As an outside feature though, interoperability of the org-contact
formats with other operating system address books, most notable gnome
contacts/evolution, goog contacts, and OSX address book would be high
on my list in terms of improving org-contacts
> ... or improve the speed for overlays in Emacs :)
My Emacs-C-fu is not good enough ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯
Bastien writes:
> Ihor Radchenko writes:
>
>> That's primarily a one single enhancement - use text properties
>> instead of overlays to hide/fold text.
>
> ... or improve the speed for overlays
Ihor Radchenko writes:
> That's primarily a one single enhancement - use text properties
> instead of overlays to hide/fold text.
... or improve the speed for overlays in Emacs :)
--
Bastien
Julien Danjou writes:
>> I'm copying Julien, the original author of org-contacts.el, to check
>> if he plans to maintain org-contacts.el further and if he's okay for
>> someone to take over.
>
> I don't plan to do anything, feel free to take over!
Thanks for confirming - Daryl, don't hesitate!
> tho quite interested in seeing what perf enhancements you've done on large
> org files would be interesting.
That's primarily a one single enhancement - use text properties instead
of overlays to hide/fold text. Overlays are slow - every time Emacs need
to move point across hidden overlays, it t
On Sun, Sep 06 2020, Bastien wrote:
Hi everyone,
> I'm copying Julien, the original author of org-contacts.el, to check
> if he plans to maintain org-contacts.el further and if he's okay for
> someone to take over.
I don't plan to do anything, feel free to take over!
Cheers,
--
Julien Danjou
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Primary examples would be adding a note (CTRL-z) or changing a tag on a
person and then having org-agenda update that. I am assuming it is because
the entire file needs to be parsed rather than say, some index of entries.
(so perhaps I mischaracterized org-contacts as being slow versus its
interac
> However, as the file and C-z notes have grown,
> performance has really started to drag. I know people have used various
> schemes (caching) etc to try to improve performance and the like, but
> updates to the file are taking a solid 5 seconds now when making major
> updates and moving tags aroun
Hi Daryl,
Daryl Manning writes:
> Is there a solid, forked branch anywhere that focuses on enhancing
> performance anywhere?
Note that I'm aware of, but I don't use org-contacts.el, so maybe
other will have more information.
> I'm tempted to wade in and add features and improvements myself but
