[pygtk] Custom EntryCompletion

[Walter Leibbrandt]

Hi,

I'm trying to find a quicker way to implement auto-completion for a list 
of at least 50,000 entries. I've found the "standard" way 
(gtk.ListStore) to be very slow.

Is there a way I can make an EntryCompletion object call a search method 
of my own (based on the text in the Entry) and display the results of 
that search in the completion popup, without calling the "match_func" on 
every item in a slow TreeModel? Or does anyone have a better idea to 
achive this (sub-class gtk.EntryCompletion?)?

I've tried to give the EntryCompletion a dummy (empty) ListStore and 
used set_match_func(match_func), but match_func() is then never called.

Any response will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Walter

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