only searched comments smaller than 1000, otherwise it was taking too much time. corrected selector logic in printNotifications

lib/console_ui.dart

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Future<void> otherMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
         String words = $tempWords??"";
         if( words != "") {
           bool onlyWords (Tree t) => t.hasWords(words.toLowerCase());
-          node.printTree(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:gNumLastDays)), onlyWords);
+          node.printTree(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:1000)), onlyWords); // search all the trees, hence 1000 days
         }
         break;
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Future<void> otherMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
 }
 
 Future<void> mainMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
-    gDebug = 0;
+    gDebug = 1;
     // at the very beginning, show the tree as it is, and them show the options menu
     node.printTree(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:gNumLastDays)), selectAll);
     bool userContinue = true;

lib/event_ds.dart

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Map< String, List<Contact>> gContactLists = {};
 // bots ignored to reduce spam
 List<String> gBots = [  "3b57518d02e6acfd5eb7198530b2e351e5a52278fb2499d14b66db2b5791c512",  // robosats orderbook
                         "887645fef0ce0c3c1218d2f5d8e6132a19304cdc57cd20281d082f38cfea0072",  // bestofhn
-                        "f4161c88558700d23af18d8a6386eb7d7fed769048e1297811dcc34e86858fb2"   // bitcoin_bot
+                        "f4161c88558700d23af18d8a6386eb7d7fed769048e1297811dcc34e86858fb2",  // bitcoin_bot
+                        "105dfb7467b6286f573cae17146c55133d0dcc8d65e5239844214412218a6c36"   // zerohedge
                       ];
 
 //const String gDefaultEventsFilename = "events_store_nostr.txt";
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ class EventData {
           try {
           translator
               .translate(content, to: 'en')
-              .then( (result) => { evaluatedContent =   "$evaluatedContent\n\nTranslation: ${result.toString()}" , if( gDebug > 0)  print("In google translate then")}, 
+              .then( (result) => { evaluatedContent =   "$evaluatedContent\n\nTranslation: ${result.toString()}" , if( gDebug > 0)  print("Google translate returned successfully for one call.")}, 
                      onError : (error, stackTrace) =>  "error in google translate");
           } on Exception catch(err) {
             if( gDebug > 0) print("Error in trying to use google translate: $err");
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ String getRelayOfUser(String userPubkey, String contactPubkey) {
         if( gDebug > 0) print(  contacts[i].toString()  );
         if( contacts[i].id == contactPubkey) {
           relay = contacts[i].relay;
-          if(gDebug > 0) print("In getRelayOfUser: found relay $relay for contact $contactPubkey" );
+          //if(gDebug > 0) print("In getRelayOfUser: found relay $relay for contact $contactPubkey" );
           return relay;
         }
       }

lib/tree_ds.dart

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class Tree {
     bool leftShifted = false;
     for( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
       // continue if this children isn't going to get printed anyway
+      //if( gDebug > 0) print("going to call tree selector");
       if( !treeSelector(children[i])) {
         continue;
       }
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ class Tree {
       }
 
       numPrinted += children[i].printTree(depth+1, newerThan,  treeSelector);
+      //if( gDebug > 0) print("at end for loop iteraion: numPrinted = $numPrinted");
     }
 
     if( leftShifted) {
@@ -225,8 +227,27 @@ class Tree {
     Set temp = {};
     newEventsId.retainWhere((event) => temp.add(newEventsId));
     
+    (allChildEventsMap[""]?.e.eventData.id??-1) == 7 || (allChildEventsMap[""]?.e.eventData.id??-1) == 1;
+
     String strToWrite = "Notifications: ";
-    if( newEventsId.isEmpty) {
+    int count17 = 0;
+    //newEventsId.forEach((element) {  (allChildEventsMap[element]?.e.eventData.id??-1) == 7 || (allChildEventsMap[element]?.e.eventData.id??-1) == 1 ? count17++:count17; });
+    for( int i =0 ; i < newEventsId.length; i++) {
+      if( (allChildEventsMap[newEventsId[i]]?.e.eventData.kind??-1) == 7 || (allChildEventsMap[newEventsId[i]]?.e.eventData.kind??-1) == 1) {
+
+        count17++;
+      }
+
+      if(  allChildEventsMap.containsKey(newEventsId[i])) {
+        if( gDebug > 0) print( "id = ${ (allChildEventsMap[newEventsId[i]]?.e.eventData.id??-1)}");
+      } else {
+        if( gDebug > 0) print( "could not find event id in map");
+      }
+
+    }
+    if(gDebug > 0) print("Info: In printNotifications: newEventsId len = $newEventsId count17 = $count17");
+    
+    if( count17 == 0) {
       strToWrite += "No new replies/posts.\n";
       stdout.write("${getNumDashes(strToWrite.length - 1)}\n$strToWrite");
       stdout.write("Total posts  : ${count()}\n");
@@ -268,10 +289,15 @@ class Tree {
                 reactedToTree.e.eventData.newLikes.add( reactorId);
                 Tree topTree = getTopTree(reactedToTree);
                 topTrees.add(topTree);
+              } else {
+                if(gDebug > 0) print("Could not find reactedTo tree");
               }
+            } else {
+              if(gDebug > 0) print("Could not find reactedTo event");
             }
             break;
           default:
+            if(gDebug > 0) print("got an event thats not 1 or 7(reaction). its id = ${t.e.eventData.kind} count17 = $count17");
             break;
         }
       }
@@ -451,10 +477,22 @@ class Tree {
 
   // returns true if the given words exists in it or its children
   bool hasWords(String word) {
+    //if(gDebug > 0) print("In tree selector hasWords: this id = ${e.eventData.id} word = $word");
+    if( e.eventData.content.length > 1000) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     if( e.eventData.content.toLowerCase().contains(word)) {
       return true;
     }
     for( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++ ) {
+      //if(gDebug > 0) print("this id = ${e.eventData.id} word = $word i = $i ");
+      
+      // ignore too large comments
+      if( children[i].e.eventData.content.length > 1000) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       if( children[i].e.eventData.content.toLowerCase().contains(word)) {
         return true;
       }