From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: 13675@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13675: 24.2.93; Extremely slow redisplay when lines are very long
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:26:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sj545e55.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
This is a very long-standing deficiency of the Emacs display engine:
it is awfully slow in buffers with very long (thousands of characters)
lines. Specifically, many simple movement commands, scrolling, or
even typing "M-x" can take several seconds(!) to complete.
A simple Awk script attached below can be used to generate such files.
For the latest discussions of this and some data, see this thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-02/msg00135.html
The solution for this bug should produce algorithmic changes in the
display engine and possibly also supporting changes in data structures
that would prevent such a terrible slow-down with long lines.
Ideally, redisplay of such buffers should not be much slower than
buffers with "normal" line length.
Here's a script that can be used to produce test files for this bug:
---------------------------------------------
BEGIN {
# 500 lines
for (i = 1; i <= 500; i++)
{
# Line length between 10K and 20K characters + newline
line_len = 10000 * rand() + 10000;
for (j = 1; j <= line_len; j++)
{
# 15% of punctuation and digit charcaters, the rest letters
if (rand() < 0.15)
{
# Start at SPACE
lbase = 32;
llen = 33;
}
else
{
# Start at 'a'
lbase = 97;
llen = 26;
}
printf "%c", llen * rand() + lbase;
}
printf "\n";
}
}
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In GNU Emacs 24.2.93.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2013-02-07 on HOME-C4E4A596F7
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
`configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Id:/usr/include/libxml2'
Important settings:
value of $LANG: ENU
locale-coding-system: cp1255
default enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Mail
Minor modes in effect:
shell-dirtrack-mode: t
diff-auto-refine-mode: t
flyspell-mode: t
desktop-save-mode: t
show-paren-mode: t
display-time-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
temp-buffer-resize-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
auto-fill-function: mail-mode-auto-fill
abbrev-mode: t
Recent input:
e t a i l s . <return> <up> <up> <C-right> <C-right>
<C-right> C-x C-e <help-echo> <help-echo> <down> <down>
<down> <return> T h e SPC r e a s o n SPC f o r SPC
t h e SPC d e f a u l t SPC v a l u e SPC i s SPC t
o SPC a v o i d SPC t h e SPC a n n o y i n g SPC j
u m p s SPC o f SPC t h e SPC m o d e SPC l i n e <up>
<M-right> <C-left> <C-left> <C-left> <left> SPC a <backspace>
u p SPC a n d SPC d o w n M-q <down> SPC w h e n SPC
t h e SPC e c h o SPC a r e a SPC d i s p l a y s SPC
m e s s a g e s SPC o f SPC d i f f e r e n t SPC l
e n g t h . <return> <C-home> C-c C-s <help-echo> <switch-frame>
d d d d d d d d d SPC d d o P O <tab> <return> d d
d d d d d d d d n d SPC d d d SPC <prior> <next> <next>
d SPC d d d d d C-z C-z C-z C-z C-z C-z C-z C-z d d
d d d d SPC SPC <prior> <next> <next> <next> <next>
<next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next>
<next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next>
<next> d <C-home> C-x C-s <switch-frame> <switch-frame>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <switch-frame> <switch-frame>
<help-echo> <switch-frame> <help-echo> M-x r e p o
r t - e m a c s - b u <tab> <return>
Recent messages:
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Wrote d:/usr/eli/rmail/INBOX [2 times]
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next reply other threads:[~2013-02-10 16:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-10 16:26 Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2013-02-10 17:36 ` bug#13675: 24.2.93; Extremely slow redisplay when lines are very long Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-20 1:45 ` bug#13675: " Mark Diekhans
2017-10-20 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-20 11:57 ` Phil Sainty
2017-10-21 2:03 ` Phil Sainty
2017-10-20 15:50 ` Mark Diekhans
2017-10-20 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
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