On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> > >> I know nothing about `saveplace.el', but looking around a
> > >> little it appears that that is the library involved here.
> > >
> > > FWIW - Googling a bit shows that (a) `save-place.el' has
>
> I meant `saveplace.el'
>
> > > been part of GNU Emacs since at least version 19, and
> > > (b) back in Emacs 21 it was even documented in the Emacs
> > > manual, but that mention was removed in Emacs 22.  I find
> > > no mention of it in the Emacs NEWS (past or current).
> >
> > It's still in emacs 24, but its file name changed to
> > saveplace.el.
>
> Actually, I think the name was always `saveplace.el'.  I misspoke, above.
>
> > But strange, that is has been removed from
> > the info docs' (info "(emacs)Saving Emacs Sessions")
> > section...
> >
> > > Here is a link to an old manual node that mentions it:
> > > http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_465.html
> >
> > Yes, instead of using that toggle function, I have
> >   (require 'saveplace)
> >   (setq-default save-place t)
> > in my ~/.emacs.
>
>
Indeed, I remove those two lines from the system's startup file
(/usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/site-start.el on mine) and now the delays are
gone.

Thanks, all!

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