| Re: Foxtrot 6.0 search delay [message #627 is a reply to message #607] |
Sat, 21 October 2017 23:40  |
Sergei Mikheyev
Messages: 5
Registered: March 2015
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Hi, Jerome!
I am still experiencing long delays in performing searched in Foxtrop Pro.
As you suggested, I saved a sample process file I can send you. However,
you suggested I send it to you privately and I do not have your private
email address. Please advise how I can send you this file privately.
Thank you for your help!
Best regards,
Sergei
On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 3:14:13 PM UTC+2, FoxTrot Engineering
wrote:
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> Sergei Mikheyev wrote:
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>> 1. Foxtrot 6.0 often takes quite a long time to execute a search. The
>> program seems to hang and the round wheel keeps turning sometimes for as
>> long as a few minutes.
>
> Two different things must be distinguished here: search speed, and
> document preview speed. As you noticed, no document is previewed before you
> explicitly select one, so I assume you are actually talking of search
> speed.
>
> Multiple things can slow down search speed:
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> - searching a remote index (shared by a FoxTrot Pro or FoxTrot Server on
> another machine)
>
> - searching an index while indexing / updating is occurring
>
> - using the "includes the exact string" operator
>
> - using the "includes the regular expression" operator
>
> - performing a search that finds more than ten thousands files, if the
> relevance slider has been set to "show all items"
>
> Does "round wheel keeps turning" refer to the spinning cursor (colorful
> beachball), meaning that FoxTrot is temporarily frozen, or the gray
> circular spinner, at the bottom of the result list, meaning that the
> application is not frozen but is waiting for search results?
>
> If you get the beachball, the most probable cause is the relevance slider
> set to "show all items". If that is not the cause, you can launch Activity
> Monitor.app (from /Applications/Utilities), type "foxtrot" in the toolbar
> search field, and select FoxTrot Professional Search in the process list.
> Then perform a search in FoxTrot, and while it hangs, choose "sample
> process" in Activity Monitor's gear popup menu. Then send me the result
> file privately.
>
> If you get the gray circular spinner, avoid searching an index while it is
> indexing, and only use "exact string" or "regular expression" when you
> really need these functionalities.
>
>
> Jérôme - CTM Engineering
>
>
> "I searched for words inside text documents and was pleasantly
> surprised
> when those words were highlighted in the respective text, if viewed in
> the preview drawer."
> FoxTrot Personal Search review on www.softpedia.com
>
> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
>
>
>
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