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mRcSchwering
Asked: 2021-09-22 01:20:53 +0800 CST

Why is uLauncher's file-search extension so slow?

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Since a few years I am a bit annoyed by the fact that ulauncher's extension for file and directory search is so slow. Even when setting home as Base dir and searching for a file just below home it takes >6s.

Is there a way to speed it up? Maybe reduce the tree depth of the search?

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  1. Ok, after some searching I found these lines:

            """ Searches for Files using fd command """
        cmd = [
            'timeout', '5s', 'ionice', '-c', '3', bin_name, '--threads', '1',
            '--hidden'
        ]

    The repo is archived and the extension seems to not be maintained anymore. I removed the 'timeout', '5s' part in my ~/.local/share/ulauncher/extensions/com.github.brpaz.ulauncher-file-search/main.py.

    PS: I am still using ulauncher because I want to have a light-weight application launcher and file/directory search in one. Basically, a Krunner for budgie.

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