Re: [OBO-Edit Working Group] Ability to configure whether to exclude obsolete terms from autocomplete

[Alexander D. <ad...@in...>]

I don't think requiring restarting is a big deal, particularly if the 
need to restart is stated by the checkbox.


On 2/14/11 2:28 PM, Nomi Harris wrote:
> During the OEWG meeting on Tues we discussed the following:
>> 3/ OBSOLETE TERMS APPEARING IN AUTOCOMPLETE DROPDOWN LISTS
>>
>> The new option to exclude obsolete terms (beta 1.9) slows down autocomplete because OE has to check whether every term is obsolete or not.
>>
>> Becky requested that you would have the choice to include or exclude obsolete terms from the auto-obsolete list.
>>
>> Nomi asked whether the default should be to search including or excluding obsoletes.
>> Becky thought including everything should be default so it's quicker. Then you tick the box if you want to exclude obsoletes from the dropdown menu.
> I got this working (user can configure whether or not to exclude obsolete terms from autocomplete), with one problem:  if you change it in the Configuration Manager, the autocomplete behavior doesn't change until you quit and restart OE.  I tried to make the change happen immediately, but couldn't get it to work--I think maybe it's because the search filters are created at launch time (though I did try to force new filters to be created when you change the option in the Configuration Manager--but it didn't work).
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> As a copout, would it be acceptable to note in the parameter description the fact that you need to restart?
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> I can work on this some more, but I'm not sure it's the best use of my time.
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> Please let me know what you think of the behavior (requiring restart) and the wording of the configuration option.
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> Thanks,
> 	Nomi
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> On Feb 8, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Karen Christie wrote:
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>> Hi Nomi,
>>
>> I didn't think it was too slow either, and I LOVE that you've fixed it so that just plain return will select the highlighted option and not the top one.
>>
>> -Karen
>>
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>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Karen Christie wrote:
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>>> Hey Nomi,
>>>
>>> I'm swamped in something today, but I will put this in my list to test on Monday. As for the second thing, not automatically selecting the top autocomplete option is awesome! I look forward to testing it.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> -Karen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Nomi Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:00 AM, rfo...@eb... wrote:
>>>>> Hi Nomi,
>>>>> I tried a search for :
>>>>> have Is Not Obsolete
>>>>> AND
>>>>> have a Name that contains 'furin....'
>>>>> I found it a bit confusing that 'furin activity' came up as an option in
>>>>> the dropdown autocomplete menu, because 'furin activity' is obsolete, and
>>>>> therefore when I hit search, I get no results. In a search for
>>>>> non-obsoletes, I wouldn't expect to get the dropdown option to search on
>>>>> 'furin activity'.
>>>> Thanks for testing--the exclude-obsoletes code only works when you search in "Any text field"--I need to add it for the other searches.
>>>>> Perhaps I'm using it wrong? Let me know if so, and I'll give it another
>>>>> test. Timing wise, I didn't notice a problem (on a Macbook pro).
>>>> That's good.
>>>>> ps: I really like the fix on being able to select any of the autocomplete
>>>>> options without it automatically selecting the top one- thank you.
>>>> Glad you like it--that one was a right pain to track down, but I couldn't let it get the best of me!
>>>>
>>>> 	Nomi
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> Becky
>>>>>> Hi Karen and Becky,
>>>>>> I have come up with a way to excluding obsolete terms from showing up in
>>>>>> autocomplete dropdown lists.  I asked Midori to test it, which she did,
>>>>>> but she said that you guys use autocomplete more than she does, so I'd
>>>>>> love to get your opinions.
>>>>>> Unfortunately, checking each object for obsoleteness before deciding
>>>>>> whether to put it on the autocomplete list makes autocomplete noticeably
>>>>>> slower.  It's already not exactly snappy when you're working on a big
>>>>>> ontology. Do you want to try it out and see what you think before I commit
>>>>>> it?  I put a pre-release version at http://www.oboedit.org/2.1b9
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 	Nomi
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