On 31. May 2007, at 23:43, Rick Gigger wrote:
[...] I agree that would be SUCH nice feature. Obviously I don't know how it works, but couldn't you just take the code that causes a directory scan on focus and disable it [...]
If you drag individual files to the drawer, no rescan is done. Scripts to create such static project file from a folder has previously been posted here.
[...] Also couldn't you get notifications directly from the file system when something changes, just like spotlight does?
The API used by Spotlight is rumored to be public in Leopard (hint).
What is the point of the full directory scan? There must be some reason that it is the way it is, but it is very strange to me, and is somewhat of a black eye on what is other wise one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.
It is the way it is because that works fine most of the time, and so far I have not found time to improve it for the edge cases.