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: Why is Emacs so slow when used remotely? Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:23:45 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <76f5ba95-cc68-4326-a962-f515c0fb70cd@y31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com> <3ebca0e6-c698-44dd-a4fd-6166233f5eba@q26g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291875976 2403 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2010 06:26:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 06:26:16 +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 07:26:12 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 1PQZxE-00084U-2r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:26:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58004 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQZxD-0008At-2E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:26:11 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!feeder.news-service.com!85.214.198.2.MISMATCH!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 Injection-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="m5Xp1AeG0rhUixp3PGRKOA"; logging-data="29285"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX182SQN+kCUk6QTo+UIlLZWI7elGl1l4iGk=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cD70xMHDgq0GMV3SuTG8TOBP+lk= sha1:zIEzZBCLbuV5B0wXdP+XUUO/Xyk= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:181404 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:76789 Archived-At: "Russ P." writes: > On Sep 20, 6:40 pm, des...@verizon.net wrote: >> "Russ P." writes: >> > As I explained a few days ago, I am trying to switch from XEmacs to >> > Emacs so I can use Ensime (an Emacs-based IDE for Scala). I finally >> > got my .emacs file debugged, but now I am finding that Emacs seems to >> > be very slow when used remotely. >> >> > When I work from home, I login from one Linux machine to another using >> > ssh -X over a high-speed Internet connection, using my home machine as >> > an X terminal for my work machine. I am using Emacs 23.2.1 on Red Hat. >> > I am finding that opening a file or switching buffers by middle- >> > clicking in dired or the buffer menu takes approximately 20-30 >> > seconds. With XEmacs it takes less than one second. I hope I am doing >> > something wrong that can be corrected, because I'll grow old sitting >> > around that long every time I open a file or switch buffers. Any >> > suggestions? Thanks. >> >> Did you file a bug report? > > No. I don't know if this behavior is a bug or just poor performance. > (Nor do I know, off hand, how to file a bug report.) Poor performance is a bug. To send a bug report, click on Help, select Send Bug Report... > This is disappointing. As far as I can tell, Emacs seems to be > essentially unusable for remote usage. I can't believe I am the only > one who has noticed this problem. Am I the only one who uses Emacs/ > XEmacs to work remotely over ssh -X? As I said, I use emacs remotely all the time. I actually one of the reasons I moved from XEmacs to Emacs was the greatly improved performance. The specific issue you are having has to do with dired and it's "hover" feature. I was hoping someone would explain how to turn the too helpful feature off. I might dig into dired myself, but no promises.