implemented #6

Author: mProjectsCode

src/MarkdownInputField.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class MarkdownInputField extends MarkdownRenderChild {
 
 		this.valueQueue = [];
 		this.intervalCounter = 0;
-		this.limitInterval = window.setInterval(this.incrementInterval.bind(this), 10);
+		this.limitInterval = window.setInterval(() => this.incrementInterval(), this.plugin.settings.syncInterval);
 
 		const declarationRegExp: RegExp = new RegExp(/\[.*?\]/);
 		let declaration: string = declarationRegExp.exec(fullDeclaration)[0];
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class MarkdownInputField extends MarkdownRenderChild {
 		this.arguments = [];
 		let inputFieldArgumentsRegExpResult = inputFieldArgumentsRegExp.exec(inputFieldTypeWithArguments);
 		let inputFieldArgumentsString = inputFieldArgumentsRegExpResult ? inputFieldArgumentsRegExpResult[0] : '';
-		console.log(inputFieldArgumentsString);
+		// console.log(inputFieldArgumentsString);
 		if (inputFieldArgumentsString) {
 			inputFieldArgumentsString = inputFieldArgumentsString.substring(1, inputFieldArgumentsString.length - 1);
 			let inputFieldArguments: string[] = inputFieldArgumentsString.split(',');
@@ -119,15 +119,11 @@ export class MarkdownInputField extends MarkdownRenderChild {
 
 	// use this interval to reduce writing operations
 	async incrementInterval() {
-		this.intervalCounter += 1;
-
-		if (this.intervalCounter >= 20 && this.valueQueue.length > 0) {
+		if (this.valueQueue.length > 0) {
 			// console.log(this.valueQueue.at(-1))
 			await this.plugin.updateMetaData(this.boundMetadataField, this.valueQueue.at(-1), this.file);
 			this.valueQueue = [];
-			this.intervalCounter = 0;
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	async updateMetaData(value: any) {

src/settings/Settings.ts

@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ import MetaBindPlugin from '../main';
 
 export interface MetaBindPluginSettings {
 	devMode: boolean;
+	syncInterval: number;
+	maxSyncInterval: number;
+	minSyncInterval: number;
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MetaBindPluginSettings = {
 	devMode: false,
+	syncInterval: 200,
+	minSyncInterval: 50,
+	maxSyncInterval: 1000,
 };
 
 export class MetaBindSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
@@ -24,6 +30,26 @@ export class MetaBindSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
 		containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Meta Bind Plugin Settings'});
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Sync Interval')
+			.setDesc(`The interval in milli-seconds between disk writes. Changing this number is not recommended except if your hard drive is exceptionally slow. Standard: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.syncInterval}; Minimum: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.minSyncInterval}; Maximum: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.maxSyncInterval}`)
+			.addText(cb => {
+				cb.setValue(this.plugin.settings.syncInterval.toString())
+					.onChange(data => {
+						this.plugin.settings.syncInterval = Number.parseInt(data);
+						if (Number.isNaN(this.plugin.settings.syncInterval)) {
+							this.plugin.settings.syncInterval = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.syncInterval;
+						}
+						if (this.plugin.settings.syncInterval < DEFAULT_SETTINGS.minSyncInterval) {
+							this.plugin.settings.syncInterval = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.minSyncInterval;
+						}
+						if (this.plugin.settings.syncInterval > DEFAULT_SETTINGS.maxSyncInterval) {
+							this.plugin.settings.syncInterval = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.maxSyncInterval;
+						}
+						this.plugin.saveSettings();
+					});
+			});
+
 		new Setting(containerEl)
 			.setName('Dev Mode')
 			.setDesc('Enable dev mode. Not recommended unless you want to debug this plugin.')