def on_start_query (self, sender, qstring):                             
                print ">>> qstring: ", qstring                                  
                                                                                
                if len(qstring) < self.minchars:                                
                        return                                                  
                if self.start_query_id != 0:                                    
                        gobject.source_remove(self.start_query_id)              
                                                                                
                self.start_query_id = gobject.timeout_add(self.typingdelay, sel\
f.on_start_query_real, sender, qstring)                                         
                                                                                
        def on_start_query_real (self, sender, qstring):                        
                print ">>>>>> query_real"                                       
                                                                                
                self._match_hashes = {}                                         
                results = []