Handle the caching in the DocSearch class

novelwriter/gui/search.py

@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         self.setLayout(self.outerBox)
         self.updateTheme()
 
-        SHARED.slowClockTick.connect(self._cacheTimeout)
-
         logger.debug("Ready: GuiProjectSearch")
 
         return
@@ -205,17 +203,6 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
             super().keyPressEvent(event)
         return
 
-    ##
-    #  Public Slots
-    ##
-
-    @pyqtSlot(str)
-    def clearSearchCache(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
-        """Process document content change."""
-        if not self._blocked:
-            self._search.clearTextCache(tHandle)
-        return
-
     ##
     #  Private Slots
     ##
@@ -284,13 +271,6 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         CONFIG.searchProjRegEx = state
         return
 
-    @pyqtSlot()
-    def _cacheTimeout(self) -> None:
-        """Clear the cache after a period of inactivity."""
-        if not self._blocked and time() - self._time > CACHE_TIMEOUT:
-            self._search.clearTextCache(None)
-        return
-
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##