From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs very slow, how to investigate Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:10:32 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410362139 12356 80.91.229.3 (10 Sep 2014 15:15:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:15:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 10 17:15:32 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1XRjcE-00051G-TQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:15:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56917 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRjcE-0007ad-FO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:15:26 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!news.snarked.org!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="61a1e09a5dd16679b5767d77eb99504d"; logging-data="26476"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UBQcv+vWuU6IXLGhDbZiBNRcR71NZT+s=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:o0Cer60fb410JEpQN9yxj0KdtDY= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207511 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99786 Archived-At: Julien Cubizolles writes: > After running for a few hours, Emacs becomes sluggish, to the point that > it takes several seconds to move the focus from one window to the other, > with switch-window (keyboard or mouse). I'm running GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 > (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8), my typical workflow includes > latex-mode org-mode gnus helm. > > Has anyone seen something similar ? How can I investigate ? Haven't seen it, but I'd start by examining how much memory and CPU Emacs is using. The command line tool "top" is good enough. Take memory readings just after start up then when things slow down. Look for memory use creeping up. -- Dan Espen