From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: despen@verizon.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs 23 display slow over cable modem Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:58:20 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291880156 17082 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2010 07:35:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:35:56 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 08:35:52 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQb2d-0000Ai-1K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:35:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42421 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQb2b-00014H-Jh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:35:49 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="m5Xp1AeG0rhUixp3PGRKOA"; logging-data="27025"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+j5cbRGoAG3vsIzSHIiaZI2b20RRpQoEw=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8aMzxjXAWLafPJjOU7Wrkw+f6+Y= sha1:CGOZPMjY84wAYQ89L1NMJYmRww8= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:181983 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:76833 Archived-At: "Strozzi, David J." writes: > Hi, > > I compiled emacs 23.2.1 in my home dir on a linux cluster (amd 64 chips) at > work. I connect over VPN from home, where I have a cable modem. For a long > time, emacs 21.4 *run as an xwindows app* (not "emacs -nw" living in a > terminal) has performed fine - after it starts (which may take some time), > typing, switching buffers, etc is pretty instant. But, doing the same thing > in 23.2 gives much slower response. Both work fine in -nw mode, but there > are some reasons (keyboard mappings, multi-windows, mouse) why I like the > full xwin app. From my office, both xwin's run very fast. > > Any ideas on why? I just do text, no image stuff in emacs. I'd really like > to use emacs 23, remotely, the full xwin app, and have the speed be like > emacs 21. See this thread and see if it applies to your case: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/bd7e102326bec6b2