From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23377: 25.0.93; Completion is extremely slow for insert-char Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:26:49 +0300 Message-ID: <83mvog28d2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wpnlnrlz.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461652105 17432 80.91.229.3 (26 Apr 2016 06:28:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23377@debbugs.gnu.org To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 26 08:28:13 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1auwTk-0001mB-IS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:28:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36460 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1auwTj-0001zE-KZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:28:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41026) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1auwTf-0001v1-T9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1auwTa-00025Z-Pz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:28:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35045) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1auwTa-00025S-Ml for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1auwTa-0000dE-Il for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:28:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23377 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 23377-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23377.14616520402369 (code B ref 23377); Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23377) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Apr 2016 06:27:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47382 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1auwSu-0000c9-HT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:27:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49740) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1auwSs-0000bH-IY for 23377@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1auwSh-0001hu-Vk for 23377@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:27:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41917) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1auwSh-0001hg-SI; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:27:07 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1991 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1auwSh-0007zo-75; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:27:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <87wpnlnrlz.fsf@gmail.com> (nljlistbox2@gmail.com) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:116855 Archived-At: > From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:25:28 -0300 > > emacs -Q > C-x 8 RET TAB > > This takes over a minute on my Emacs before the completions buffer is > displayed listing the characters. (On subsequent invocations, it's more > like eight seconds.) On Emacs 24 it is effectively instantaneous. It takes 11 sec here on the first invocation, and is instantaneous thereafter. > There seems to have been a change whereby the character is shown besides > it's name. This might be a very nice feature, except that it's too slow, > and it seems a bit of a waste because a large proportion of the > characters are unavailable and are shown as little boxes with tiny > numbers inside. If you install additional fonts, the feature will not be wasted, I suppose. > Perhaps there should be a way to turn this feature off? (I don't see > anything about insert-char in NEWS.) Yes, an option to turn this off is a good idea, I think. > By the way, yes, this is the way I usually use this command. I hit TAB > immediately to get a full list of characters and then `C-x o C-x 1' > because I don't use special characters often enough to remember their > names and I need to get thoroughly immersed in the whole list to see the > naming patterns again and jog my memory. That doesn't really work for me, FWIW. For example, try deciding which quotation character do you need by typing C-x 8 RET *QUOT TAB If you don't see each character, you will be lost (I am).