Implement search results limit

[quinox]

Now n+ doesn't lock up anymore on generic search terms we need to be able to control the maximum amount of search results to prevent n+ from becoming difficult to interact with

[offhand]

can't that be done in Settings > Misc > Searches?

[quinox]

I guess my bug report wasn't too clear. The one you're referring to is the outgoing search limit, I'm talking about a different ones:

• Limit the amount of incoming search results
• Limit the amount of incoming search results shown

If possible I like feature 2, but feature 1 would work as well. The difference between the two should be clear when using filters, with 1 you'll get a lot less results whereas with feature 2 you'll always get up to $maximum

[quinox]

Implemented with r861 . The amount of search results that are stores is currently 1500, of which a maximum of 500 are displayed. There will still be a noticeable but short slowdown with search terms like 'Madonna' when processing the avalanche of incoming results, but a real freeze or lockup shouldn't happen anymore. We might make the limits configurable in the future, or crank them up for everybody if it's deemed too low.