Yes it should. The problem is that I notice a loss in performance when the program is running at 100% CPU. Even though it is nice, if you try to open up new applications, or switch between them, you notice your computer lagging a little bit. That's why even though I'm not using the cpu that much as I'm just reading my email, or browsing the web, I wouldn't necessarily want the indexing program to be running at full pace. If you use google's desktop program, you'll notice that once the computer has been idle for a few minutes your CPU will go to 100%, but as soon as you move your mouse, or hit a keystroke the cpu will drop to 5-10% usage. That's the behavior I'm trying to achieve.
Thanks David for your suggestions. That seems to be what I was looking for. I'm going to try to incorporate those changes in my code and see what I can come up with. Thanks for everyone who responded as well. I really appreciate it. -los -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
