From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fixxed buffer size for eshell
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:21:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fugqkmbk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170430100252.ibyfpqkgibupjddh@gmail.com> (message from Anast Gramm on Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:02:52 +0300)
> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:02:52 +0300
> From: Anast Gramm <anastasis.gramm2@gmail.com>
>
> When I run a build command eshell gets filled with thousands of lines
> with the compiler commands.
>
> This results in a huge buffer (>10mb) thus slowing down emacs.
Large buffers shouldn't slow down Emacs. They don't here. And 10MB
is not large by today's standards anyway.
Can you show a recipe for reproducing the problem?
Also, what Emacs version is that?
> As a workaround I use the clear function copied straight out of
> the emacsdev mailing list [1].
>
> This is not ideal, since I use it after the buffer is filled, and emacs
> is already slow at that point.
>
> What I want is a fixed buffer size, like in normal terminals where
> you have a set amount of lines.
You could write a function that removes old lines, and have it on
post-command-hook. But you shouldn't need something like that, so I
think you should report a bug and let the Emacs developers fix it or
tell you how to avoid the slowdown in a more elegant way.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-30 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-30 10:02 Fixxed buffer size for eshell Anast Gramm
2017-04-30 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-04-30 18:37 ` Anast Gramm
2017-04-30 19:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-05-01 12:15 ` Anast Gramm
2017-05-01 14:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
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