Present interim results immediately when reading from pipe (like fzf)

jhawthorn / fzy

:mag: A simple, fast fuzzy finder for the terminal

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Present interim results immediately when reading from pipe (like fzf) #169

Closed HaleTom closed 2 years ago

HaleTom commented 2 years ago

The behaviour of the two commands:

find / | fzf

find / | fzy

Is quite different. With fzf, results start appearing immediately. Could fzy also behave the same?

jhawthorn commented 2 years ago

This has already been discussed in detail. I believe results appearing before they are ready to be a UI anti pattern. Even though it "feels" better, it results in mistakes, as incorrect data is presented to the user (sort order matters in a fuzzy finder)