Variable: woman-cache-level

woman-cache-level is a customizable variable defined in woman.el.gz.

Value

2

Documentation

The level of topic caching.

1 - cache only the topic and directory lists
    (the only level before version 0.34 - only for compatibility);
2 - cache also the directories for each topic
    (faster, without using much more memory);
3 - cache also the actual filenames for each topic
    (fastest, but uses twice as much memory).
The default value is currently 2, a good general compromise. If the woman command is slow to find files then try 3, which may be particularly beneficial with large remote-mounted man directories. Run the woman command with a prefix argument or delete the cache file woman-cache-filename for a change to take effect.
(Values < 1 behave like 1; values > 3 behave like 3.)

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/woman.el.gz
(defcustom woman-cache-level 2
  "The level of topic caching.
1 - cache only the topic and directory lists
    (the only level before version 0.34 - only for compatibility);
2 - cache also the directories for each topic
    (faster, without using much more memory);
3 - cache also the actual filenames for each topic
    (fastest, but uses twice as much memory).
The default value is currently 2, a good general compromise.
If the `woman' command is slow to find files then try 3, which may be
particularly beneficial with large remote-mounted man directories.
Run the `woman' command with a prefix argument or delete the cache
file `woman-cache-filename' for a change to take effect.
\(Values < 1 behave like 1; values > 3 behave like 3.)"
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Minimal" 1)
		 (const :tag "Default" 2)
		 (const :tag "Maximal" 3))
  :group 'woman-interface)