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#20927: 24.5; Cygwin Emacs completely blocks for 5+ seconds Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:06:47 +0300 Message-ID: <83y4j24kqg.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1435590504 11734 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2015 15:08:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20927@debbugs.gnu.org To: Sebastien Vauban Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 29 17:08:13 2015 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 1Z9afM-00083Q-5G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:08:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42660 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9afL-00062q-Bg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49073) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9afG-0005zw-7d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:08:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9afD-0008EG-0L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:08:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59881) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9afC-0008EB-UF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9afC-0007ug-Jl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:08:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:08:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20927 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20927-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20927.143559044630373 (code B ref 20927); Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20927) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jun 2015 15:07:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33094 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aeb-0007to-MW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:07:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:62110) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aeZ-0007ta-FB for 20927@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:07:24 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NQP00300OIEBO00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 20927@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:06:45 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NQP003XEON84E30@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:06:45 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:104490 Archived-At: > From: Sebastien Vauban > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:21:27 +0200 > > 1. Starting Cygwin Emacs, > 2. Opening whichever local file (`org-mode/lisp/org.el', in my case), > and > 3. Keeping constantly our index on the Down arrow key to make the buffer > scroll indefinitely, > > Emacs blocks (after 30 seconds scroll or so) for 5 entire seconds, and > then revives... > > I've tracked down this problem in Cygwin Emacs, and it's due to this > line: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (global-auto-revert-mode 1) ; Auto refresh buffers. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > When it's commented, Cygwin Emacs behaves normally. Probably because you use glib's notifications, and they seem to suck... What happens if you set auto-revert-use-notify to nil before turning on global-auto-revert-mode? (Btw, I think global-auto-revert-mode is evil, and advise not to use it. Especially with file notifications. Just turn on auto-revert-mode in those buffers/mode hooks where you really need that.)