Performance and helm-ag, spacemacs integration

[quicknir]

Hello,

I was working on a PR for spacemacs to more completely integrate with helm swoop. Basically to use helm swoop as the default for multi buffer searches instead of helm-ag. Helm swoop has nicer output and automatic follow mode which are great. However, the performance is a bit slow compared to helm-ag. This isn't really an issue for a single buffer but more so with multiple buffers. With swoop I have to pause typing and wait for the results to be update, with helm-ag it just happens instantly. I was wondering if it is possible to use (or have an option to use) ag on the backend to produce the search results, and maybe that would make the performance virtually the same as helm-ag? What do you think?

Cheers.

[ghost]

+1 vote, the interface to swoop is wayy better than helm-ag as well but for performance issues I rarely use it over helm-ag. But then again I'm using spacmacs on a flash drive for work.

[quicknir]

@PeppermintHippo I've actually decided to go the other way and try to bring some of the nice interface to helm-ag. Namely, giving helm-ag follow mode. Also opened an issue with spacemacs light to make the colors for helm-ag nicer. If you're interested then stay tuned to spacemacs PR's and you can test it out/+1 it.