Re: performance problems with drawers

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Al,

first of all, I cannot reproduce the fact that drawers have such
a major influence on time, wit a test file that I created to
be similar to what you describe.

There is a way to speed up drawer handling, by using text properties
instead of overlays.  How have some vague plans to do this, but  
nothing concrete or soon.

- Carsten

On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Al wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to use emacs org-mode to keep my bookmarks (using the
> org-annotation-helper.el method). I find this really great, except  
> performance
> issues.
>
> My .org file contains ~5000 entries, organized in a tree like this:
>
> #+DRAWERS: MYDATA
>
> ** net
> *** www
> **** [[http://www.w3.org/][W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium]]
> :MYDATA:
>  :Entered:   [2000-03-06 10:29:04]
>  :LastVisit: [2000-08-31 16:32:15]
> :END:
>
> Some optional text
>
> **** [[http://www.xml.com/pub][XML.com - XTech 2000 Conference]]
> :AEDATA:
>  :Entered:   [2000-03-06 10:29:49]
>  :LastVisit: [2001-10-08 15:37:09]
> :END:
>
> The problem is that with the drawers activated, it's *very* slow.  
> Cycling the
> visibility mode takes more than 10 seconds.
> If I remove the drawers configuration line (#+DRAWERS: MYDATA),  
> speed comes back
> to reasonable levels, but obviously I lose the drawer effect.
>
> Is there a solution to improve the speed and using the drawers ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
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