From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 68693@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68693: 26.3; (elisp) `Profiling': Say how to use (e.g. read) a saved profile
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:33:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86msstdfyz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488BAC2E0C62DF671CDA009F37B2@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:05:10 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "68693@debbugs.gnu.org" <68693@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:05:10 +0000
>
> > > > Thanks, fixed on the emacs-29 branch.
> > > >
> > > > Use "M-x profiler-find-profile".
> > >
> > > Thx. A suggestion would be to also add
> > > that to the menu-bar menu (if you didn't
> > > also do that just now).
> >
> > I don't think it should be on the menu, for the same reason it doesn't
> > have a key binding: this is a relatively rare command, used only be
> > people who for some reason receive profiles from others. Saving a
> > profile, by contrast, is a much more frequent operation.
>
> I guess I don't understand why. Why would
> you save a profile if you don't want to
> later access it?
You'd save a profile if you want to send it to someone else, or post
it in its raw form as part of a bug report. If you want to just save
it for yourself, you can save its textual representation via
write-region. Then it will be a text file that you can look at with
any text viewer.
> If you delete a profiler report buffer then
> you have to profile all over again, to
> revisit it.
No, see above.
> I haven't been using profiler, so I don't
> really understand its use, I guess. What
> am I missing? Why is saving a frequent
> operation but using (revisiting) a saved
> profile is rare?
I tried to explain that, see above.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-24 17:48 bug#68693: 26.3; (elisp) `Profiling': Say how to use (e.g. read) a saved profile Drew Adams
2024-01-24 19:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-24 19:55 ` Drew Adams
2024-01-24 20:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-24 22:05 ` Drew Adams
2024-01-25 7:33 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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