Re: Improving org-contacts performance (and state of development in general)

[Ihor Radchenko]

> However, as the file and C-z notes have grown,
> performance has really started to drag. I know people have used various
> schemes (caching) etc to try to improve performance and the like, but
> updates to the file are taking a solid 5 seconds now when making major
> updates and moving tags around.

Could you provide some examples what exactly is being slow?
Maybe my WIP work on improving performance on large org files [1] might
help. 

Best,
Ihor

[1] https://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg127740.html


Daryl Manning <dwm+orgmode@wakatara.com> writes:

> Strangely, I've come to rely over the last year on org-contacts as a
> lightweight, taggable CRM. However, as the file and C-z notes have grown,
> performance has really started to drag. I know people have used various
> schemes (caching) etc to try to improve performance and the like, but
> updates to the file are taking a solid 5 seconds now when making major
> updates and moving tags around.
>
> Is there a solid, forked branch anywhere that focuses on enhancing
> performance anywhere? I'm tempted to wade in and add features and
> improvements myself but my elisp-fu is dodgy at best (more golang these
> days.).
>
> I'd be interested in what people are doing to speed it up (and if it is
> under anything like active development for improvements. It does feel super
> handy, and feels like it just needs a performance and more modern features
> overhaul - more on interoperability and less on in-emacs interoperability.).
>
> Would love to hear what people have done overall workflow wise if they are
> using it seriously.
>
> thanks,
> Daryl.