From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why is Emacs so slow when used remotely? Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:30:35 -0700 Message-ID: <20131115233035.GA12974@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <76f5ba95-cc68-4326-a962-f515c0fb70cd@y31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com> <6f87ce15-a952-4009-af80-bb8804cfce58@googlegroups.com> <20131115222457.GA1094@hysteria.proulx.com> <4348480f-8ded-49d4-a7d9-06ec27832f3b@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384558257 17080 80.91.229.3 (15 Nov 2013 23:30:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:30:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mgrojo@gmail.com To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 16 00:31:01 2013 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 1VhSqq-0002I6-15 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:31:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34227 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhSqp-0005fU-EX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:30:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51515) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhSqY-0005fM-S6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:30:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhSqS-0002lv-Sh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:30:42 -0500 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:52676) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VhSqS-0002lr-Jc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:30:36 -0500 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8599621229; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:30:35 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6E6D82DC85; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:30:35 -0700 (MST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, mgrojo@gmail.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4348480f-8ded-49d4-a7d9-06ec27832f3b@default> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 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:94504 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > > I definitely recommend that you try using emacs in text mode. > > (I think you meant console not "text mode", Bob. > I.e., not `M-x text-mode'. HTH.) I definitely meant not-in-pixel-mode! :-) X Windows over a high latency WAN can be terrible. And even on a relatively lower latency connection WAN it isn't great even when it is good. Better to avoid the issue entirely. Simply log in with an ssh connection in a text terminal and then run emacs in that same text terminal window. And although I find it somewhat slow I think everyone who is working on remote systems should check out emacs tramp as well. It is definitely a good tool for remote edits. Bob