[Geany-Users] "Project" alternatives? Tags?

[Matthew Brush]

On 13-04-17 05:31 AM, Lex Trotman wrote:
> On 17 April 2013 22:08, Harold Aling <geany at sait.nl> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Harold Aling <geany at sait.nl> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 17 April 2013 21:25, Harold Aling <geany at sait.nl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lex, any news on speeding up the project index? The tags file
>>>>>>> generation was done in 6 seconds, the Project plugin takes up to 10
>>>>>>> minutes to do the same, with the addition of the "go to definition"
>>>>>>> support ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, you will have to address the speed of the project plugin to its
>>>>>> developer, but if it has extra functionality I guess that could be
>> part
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> why its slower.  I think it is scanning all the files in the project,
>>>>>> finding the tags and adding them all to the tagmanager as if the
>> files
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> open.  That could be part of the delay, but the maintainer would
>> know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I checked with the expert on Geany's tags capability, and sadly none
>> of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> tags system knows the filenames, so it can't do goto definition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ time geany -g /tmp/drupal7.php.tags $(find . -type f -name '*.php'
>>>>>>> -o -name '*.module' -o -name '*.inc' -o -name '*.install' -o -name
>>>>>>> '*.engine')
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> real 0m6.322s
>>>>>>> user 0m6.228s
>>>>>>> sys 0m0.088s
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How long does it take to load the tags?
>>>>>
>>>>> Within a second:
>>>>>
>>>>> 13:23:06: This is Geany 1.24 (git >= 235b861).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>>>>>
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/contrib/registration/registration.module
>>>>> opened(1).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>>>>>
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/contrib/registration/includes/registration.forms.inc
>>>>> opened(2).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>>>>>
>> /home/harold/checkout/drupal7/sites/all/modules/contrib/flag/flag.module
>>>>> opened(3).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>>>>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/custom/XXXXmod/XXXXmod.module
>>>>> opened(4).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>>>>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/custom/XXXXmod/XXXXmod.install
>>>>> opened(5).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/contrib/vppr/vppr.module
>>>>> opened(6).
>>>>> 13:23:06: File
>>>>>
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/features/XXXX_ct_page/XXXX_ct_page.info
>>>>> opened(7).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Harold,
>>>>
>>>> None of the above are tags files, how long does it take to load
>>>> drupal7.php.tags?  And does that contain the tags for *all* the files
>> that
>>>> gproject indexes?
>>>>
>>>> I do want to ensure that we are comparing like to like.
>>>
>>> The files above are from my last session and are loaded within a
>>> second. Geany also starts instantly end, of course, has all tags and
>>> calltips loaded after opening those 7 files.
>>>
>>> I will re-enable the Project plugin, move
>>> ~/.config/geany/tags/d7.php.tags and give Geany a reboot. Back in 10
>>> minutes! ;)
>>
>> Re-opening the project: ~2 minutes
>> Closing Geany: ~2 minutes
>> Starting Geany: ~2 minutes
>>
>> 13:58:48: This is Geany 1.24 (git >= 235b861).
>> 14:00:25: Project "D7" opened.
>> 14:00:25: File
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/contrib/registration/registration.module
>> opened(1).
>> 14:00:25: File
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/contrib/registration/includes/registration.forms.inc
>> opened(2).
>> 14:00:25: File
>> /home/harold/checkout/XXXX/modules/custom/XXXXmod/XXXXmod.install
>> opened(3).
>>
>> This is without any sites enabled, so there are exactly the same files
>> as the tags.
>>
>> $ find . -type f -name '*.php' -o -name '*.module' -o -name '*.inc' -o
>> -name '*.install' -o -name '*.engine' | wc -l
>> 2746
>>
>> Adding websites in our Drupal distribution will add 1-2 minutes per
>> site when indexing them with Project, it even seems/feels to be
>> exponentially, but I can't prove that ... but I do remember something
>> about sorting the tags on each added tag?
>>
>
> Ok, so what I think you are saying gproject is indexing many more tags
> because it is including other stuff.  Its not really comparing the same
> thing to just loading the tag file.
>

It's unclear if he's using GProject (named "GProject" in plugin manager) 
or GeanyPrj (named "Project" in plugin manager).

Cheers,
Matthew Brush