Advanced find changes of behavior in master

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgouttes at lyx.org
Mon Mar 29 09:11:33 UTC 2021


Le 25/11/2020 à 15:35, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> I see a couple of changes in behavior in advanced find that can be
> reproduced with the Welcome.lyx file (I attached it for convenience).
> 
> 1. In advanced find, put "a" in the find area and "c" in the replace
>     area and do "Replace all". It takes about 10 seconds with 2.3.0, and
>     about 25 seconds with master. I remember when testing before that
>     advanced find was much faster than 2.3.0, so if this is just a weird
>     "worst case" scenario, then I think that's fine.
> 
> 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.

What are the issues that remain here?

JMarc


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