SUMMARY Search function is extremely slow STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a text file of minimum 8.1 MB (81,000 KB) 2. search a term with more than 3 letters 3. OBSERVED RESULT Already after entering 3 letters Kate gets extremely slow and stops working for a couple of seconds EXPECTED RESULT In the Kate version of LEAP 15.1 there was no delay at all SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: openSuse LEAP 15.2 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0 Qt Version: 5.12.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Thanks for the report. I think we need some more context. I just tried to create a file with 3 000 000 lines with 150 characters per line. The file was 460MB and the searching was smooth, both with the builtin search and the search plugin. How long where the lines in the file you created?
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