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: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:01:46 -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> <86sk0zw3a5.fsf@aiuole.stru.polimi.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291866000 31275 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2010 03:40:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 03:40:00 +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 04:39:51 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 1PQXME-0002qc-25 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:39:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48492 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQXMD-0000bV-Bl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:39:49 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!newsserver.news.garr.it!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.buerger.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Injection-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="m5Xp1AeG0rhUixp3PGRKOA"; logging-data="24159"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18tP8M190VYlbPWv8v7+72+OVWgtmmJrbM=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gy6AstffosX4H18myP1PbvhScN4= sha1:qCL6SvXjS23SDSVc5x5gEBUVFug= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:181464 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:76564 Archived-At: Giacomo Boffi writes: > Andrea Venturoli writes: > >> I used to use emacs over X/ssh on remote links, but finally had to >> give up: with recent versions it has become almost unusable. >> Starting it up takes half a minute, it's a bit slow at everything and >> you'll have to remember to avoid using certain features: e.g. hitting >> Ctrl-K (to delete a line) takes about 10 seconds; same goes for >> anything that will (possibly as a side-effect) copy something to the >> clipboard. > > XEmacs had the same problem a few years ago but in the end a solution > was found, sorry i don't remember the exact details (available with > some searching on xemacs-beta archives) The clipboard issue was XEmacs using the X11 clipboard for kills. A switch could turn it off. I haven't noticed a similar issue with Emacs. Some where in my .emacs I may still be turning it off.