Advanced find changes of behavior in master

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 06:26:49PM +0100, Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:01:20 -0500
> schrieb Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org>:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:35:35AM +0100, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > > Am Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:28:29 +0100
> > > schrieb Kornel Benko <kornel at lyx.org>:
> > >   
> > > > > 2. In 2.3.0, there are more workarea updates. This way, the user can see
> > > > >    what is being replaced and where. In master, there is only one work
> > > > >    area update at the end. This seems like an improvement in theory, but
> > > > >    since the advanced find takes a while, it is kind of nice to watch it
> > > > >    so that we know it is not stuck and can get an idea of the progress.
> > > > >    In master, it is strange to see toolbar buttons being enabled and
> > > > >    disabled (based on where the invisible cursor is) and the scrollbar
> > > > >    moving, but not to see the cursor moving and the work area updates. I
> > > > >    don't have a preference on this. I just mention it in case the change
> > > > >    was not intended.    
> > > > 
> > > > Cannot comment on this.  
> > > 
> > > One comment though. If using Wiew->Code Preview Pane, you can see the progress.  
> > 
> > That is a nice trick. And it doesn't seem to slow things down (I thought
> > maybe it would unnecessarily trigger extra exports).
> > 
> > What do you think the ideal behavior should be? Should the workarea be updated?
> > 
> > Scott
> 
> Don't have preferences.
> Trying the same with lyx2.3, no update in code preview.
> Maybe, that makes also the time difference.

Interesting, that could be. But when I did the tests I did not have code preview window open so there should not have been any background export.

Scott

> So, in master code preview is handled but not the slider,
> and in branch the slider is handled but not the code preview.

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