GNU bug report logs - #78520
31.0.50; Performance issue in dired+isearch with dired-isearch-filenames

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Message #45 received at 78520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Michael Heerdegen
 <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "spacibba <at> aol.com" <spacibba <at> aol.com>,
 "78520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <78520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#78520: 31.0.50; Performance issue in
 dired+isearch with dired-isearch-filenames
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 17:36:28 +0000

> But wrt searching filenames in Dired it might sometimes
> be appropriate to divide the search space (listing(s)
> in the buffer), by using narrowings or `occur', before
> using `dired-isearch-filenames' (or even plain Isearch).

Should have mentioned that another way to divide
up the search space for separate searches is to
use wildcards (*) to create subset Dired buffers.
That can already do some of the filename 
"searching".

Mentioning these things (which may be obvious)
for the OP, especially since the bug has now
been closed.

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