fzf never struck me as the slightest bit slow. What am I doing wrong? You can configure it with an external previewer that can of cause be arbitrarily slow or bloated but you can hardly fault fzf for that.
In my experience fzf actually feels faster simply because it’s able to begin populating the output list before it finishes reading the input list. This means you get selection options immediately, whereas with fzy there can be a delay. This is particularly noticeable when working with large inputs (e.g. anything in the Linux kernel)
gpanders|5 years ago