From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: hang while marking large region Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:26 -0400 Message-ID: <87r6c7sdvt.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <85ej87tvle.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> 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 1210608606 32404 80.91.229.12 (12 May 2008 16:10:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 16:10:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 12 18:10:43 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jvabk-0008Gh-Cz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 18:10:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45632 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jvab1-0007Oo-Kf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jvaam-0007NR-1V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jvaal-0007Mw-Ag for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33877 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jvaal-0007Ml-6z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:35 -0400 Original-Received: from phsmgmx9.partners.org ([155.52.251.100]:52782) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jvaag-0005DW-0t; Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:30 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,474,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="144294171" Original-Received: from phsxcon1.mgh.harvard.edu (HELO PHSXCON1.partners.org) ([132.183.130.40]) by phsmgmx9.partners.org with ESMTP; 12 May 2008 12:09:29 -0400 Original-Received: from PHSXMB8.partners.org ([170.223.201.47]) by PHSXCON1.partners.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:29 -0400 Original-Received: from W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu.partners.org ([132.183.29.121]) by PHSXMB8.partners.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <85ej87tvle.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Mon, 12 May 2008 17:01:33 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 May 2008 16:09:28.0967 (UTC) FILETIME=[8E65B970:01C8B44A] X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53936 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes: > >> andrew.tao@gmail.com writes: >> Workaround: don't use XEmacs. >> >> This is a known problem. I had this same problem and the solution was >> to switch. >> >> http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/04/xemacs-is-dead-long-live-xemacs.html > > Well, this XEmacs (21.1.13) certainly lived long. If you switched to a > similarly outdated Emacs, you would probably not gain much of an > advantage. Definitely. My point was that one of the biggest things I noticed when converting from XEmacs to Emacs was that fontification no longer took the length of a bathroom break. I thought it was just a fact of life. I thought that it was just the subject of "Emacs Makes a Computer Slow." I was wrong. It made me seriously question why I chose XEmacs in the first place. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj Ineffective security measure: The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information.