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In article <m08yyodagg.fsf@bloombergREMOVETHISPART.com>,
David Klein  <dklein@bloombergREMOVETHISPART.com> wrote:
>When I first try to insert a character into a buffer that is
>associated with a file on disk, the insert takes close to a minute!

During that first change, Emacs checks whether someone else has modified
the file, and also checks for a lock file.  For some reason, these checks
are taking a long time.  Try doing a system call trace to see what it's
doing during that time.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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