From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [levoy@cs.stanford.edu: Poor performance over DSL link] Date: 09 Sep 2002 12:04:21 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xelc3o4wq.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031562377 6001 127.0.0.1 (9 Sep 2002 09:06:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:06:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gerd@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oKUp-0001Ye-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:06:15 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17oL4f-0004uT-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:43:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oKUj-0001HO-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:06:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oKSs-00015L-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:04:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oKSp-000143-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:04:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oKSp-00013n-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:04:11 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 2EFB97C017; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:04:03 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: levoy@cs.stanford.edu In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 72 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7736 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7736 >From PROBLEMS: * Improving performance with slow X connections If you don't need X Input Methods (XIM) for entering text in some language you use, you can improve performance on WAN links by configuring Emacs with option `--without-xim'. Configuring Emacs without XIM does not affect the use of Emacs' own input methods, which are part of the Leim package. If the connection is very slow, you might also want to consider switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar. Richard Stallman writes: > Could you please help him figure out what causes this traffic? > > From: "Marc Levoy" > Subject: Poor performance over DSL link > To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Date: 7 Sep 2002 11:51:19 -0700 > > Dear Emacs maintainers, > > I just upgraded from Emacs 20.7 to 21.2, and I am suddenly seeing high traffic > on my DSL link whenever the mouse is positioned over my Emacs window, even if > my hands are off the keyboard and mouse. Under 20.7, if I didn't touch the > keyboard or mouse, there was no network traffic. Emacs 21.2 seems sluggish > over a DSL link; could this be why? > > More details: > > I am running "GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll > bars) of 2002-04-08 on porky.devel.redhat.com" on a Linux 7.3 system and > displaying through Exceed 7.0 to a Windows 2000 system. However, I see > the same problem displaying through VNC, so I suspect the problem arises > from within Emacs. (If I move the mouse off the Emacs window, the extra > traffic stops.) > > I have tried turning off scroll bars and tooltips, but neither has any effect. > I have searched the Internet for similar reports, and I see various complaints > about the performance of various versions of Emacs over slow connections, but > nothing that seems relevant to fixing the problem. > > Is there something else I can disable in order to stop this network traffic > and restore my editing performance? > > - -Marc Levoy > Associate Professor > Computer Science Department > Stanford University > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnu-emacs mailing list > Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-emacs > ---------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-devel mailing list > Emacs-devel@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel > > -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk