From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John covici Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 23.0 is much slower starting than Emacs 22.3 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:07 -0400 Message-ID: <18687.12475.194495.990062@ccs.covici.com> References: <20081022091136.GB924@muc.de> Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224683734 14902 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2008 13:55:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:55:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 15:56:35 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KseCP-0003tS-Vl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:56:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48622 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KseBK-0000q6-Md for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KseBG-0000pg-B8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KseBE-0000pT-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42160 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KseBE-0000pQ-FF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from wlym.com ([208.79.16.96]:47585) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KseBD-0000fK-CB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-110-105.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.110.105]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9MDtAxs029014 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:12 -0400 Original-Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9MDt7CT032574; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:10 -0400 Original-Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.13.7/Submit) id m9MDt7pj032573; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM ?bug? under Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104844 Archived-At: I have noticed this as well using text mode. It seems particularly slow loading my desktop (106 buffers). Also, sending mail is slower -- looks like lisp processing is just slower. on Wednesday 10/22/2008 Stefan Monnier(monnier@iro.umontreal.ca) wrote > > I have an extremely medium speed processor (Athlon 1.2 GHz) and, at the > > moment, a well-padded .emacs.desktop. > > > Starting Emacs 22.3 takes 23 seconds. > > Starting Emacs 23.0 takes 38 seconds. > > > Emacs 23 thus starts up at about three fifths the speed of 22. This is > > very noticeable, and not a good thing. > > > I haven't tried to tie down why this is. > > Could it be due to the extra font-selection efforts? > You could compare the GUI vs text modes, to get a first > impression of where the time difference goes. > > > Stefan > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com