From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "David Abrahams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: remote X11/GNU emacs/ssh: Incredible slowness loading libs Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:13:51 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "David Abrahams" NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033434350 9220 127.0.0.1 (1 Oct 2002 01:05:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 01:05:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wBTu-0002NZ-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 03:05:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wBUB-0001zc-00; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:06:03 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!jpix!newsfeed.gol.com!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVa2cg1QjKez6j6iGuW8t9D5Y9ZdmhkInUo2C8T0f+c+9xsIyPUQdX1f Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Oct 2002 00:52:09 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu comp.emacs:74951 gnu.emacs.help:105570 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2114 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2114 "Christopher Browne" wrote in message news:anaqu3$arjl0$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de... > Oops! "David Abrahams" was seen spray-painting on a wall: > > I'm using xterm to launch emacs, but I'm confused by your question > > because I can't see how it's relevant. The slowdowns only occur when > > emacs isn't running in a terminal window. > > There always was a "traditional 17 second pause" whilst Netscape > Navigator loaded when it ran an X request to do a (pointless and > spurious) list of every font available on the X server. > > Perhaps there's something in the Emacs startup that is doing something > similar to this, requesting all fonts or some such thing, that would > lead to a big pause at start time. > > I'm not sure that's the answer, but it is the sort of thing that would > be: > a) Not totally obvious, and > b) In keeping with the symptoms... Yeah, but wouldn't you think it'd be content to ask for this list just once? 17 seconds seems like heaven to me. It seems like it goes through this delay each time a file type is loaded which causes an as-yet-unused editing mode to be started. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- David Abrahams * Boost Consulting dave@boost-consulting.com * http://www.boost-consulting.com