Re: Emacs 24.0.94.1 slow to load on OS X

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 5.3.2012 um 17:08 schrieb jreeseue:

> 16:00@legolas:~$ time nslookup apple.com
> Server:		129.215.70.239
> Address:	129.215.70.239#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:	apple.com
> Address: 17.149.160.49
> Name:	apple.com
> Address: 17.172.224.47
> 
> 
> real	0m1.018s
> user	0m0.009s
> sys	0m0.005s


No, that's probably not a network problem! The user and system times are as short as one would assume. The issue is with the real time used, from pressing RET until some text appeared on screen. This time is 1 sec too long, i.e., by a factor of 70.

Could be you're missing some GB of RAM and your Mac is constantly swapping. Little tools like MenuMeters or iStat menus could display in the  menu bar what's going on. In /private/var/vm the system stores the swap files. An easy check is to reboot your Mac, not opening any unnecessary applications, and then launching GNU Emacs.


Launching GNU Emacs your way is not the correct way. Check fast with 'emacs --help'! Instead of

	emacs .emacs -f "save-buffers-kill-terminal"

you could use

	emacs -q -l <some file with ELisp code> -f "save-buffers-kill-terminal"

or

	emacs -Q -l <some file with ELisp code> -f "save-buffers-kill-terminal"


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