Re: [ANN] List improvement v.2

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>>>>>> Matt Lundin writes:
>
>> 1. On my machine, toggling a checkbox within a long list takes a
>> long time. I have a 200+ item list. It takes approximately 5 seconds
>> for org to toggle a single checkbox within the list (see elp results
>> below).[1] With the previous list implementation, toggling happened
>> immediately. (Note: I am not using headline cookies in conjunction
>> with that particular list.)
>
>> 2. Typing C-c C-x C-b on the following headline correctly checks all
>> boxes; typing C-c C-x C-b again, however, does not uncheck the
>> boxes.
>
> I just sent to maintainers a patch that should fix both issues. Please
> tell me if it works for you when it hits master branch.
>
> By the way, as you are using quite long lists, you might want to know
> that C-c C-x C-b will be faster than C-c C-c to toggle a single item,
> as C-c C-c also checks numbering, indentation, and the overall
> integrity of the list.

One possibility to improve performance would then be to have C-c C-c
not do that, but to only do that when changing a bullet type or so.

I think that C-c C-c to toggle a bullet is a good key and should be
fast, also for long lists.

- Carsten
>
> Thank you for reporting this.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Nicolas
>