From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 23.0 is much slower starting than Emacs 22.3 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20081022091136.GB924@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224681871 7773 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2008 13:24:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 15:25:32 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ksdi8-0000u7-7K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:25:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51560 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ksdh2-0003ti-Sw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:24:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsdgY-0003cS-5r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsdgW-0003bX-9Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51372 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsdgW-0003bT-6V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:36 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:49190) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsdgW-0006eH-Jg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:36 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtoEANrF/khFxLrB/2dsb2JhbACBcsRQg0+BCw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,464,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="28707498" Original-Received: from 69-196-186-193.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.186.193]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 22 Oct 2008 09:23:35 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id EC1548101; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:34 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20081022091136.GB924@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:11:36 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104841 Archived-At: > I have an extremely medium speed processor (Athlon 1.2 GHz) and, at the > moment, a well-padded .emacs.desktop. > Starting Emacs 22.3 takes 23 seconds. > Starting Emacs 23.0 takes 38 seconds. > Emacs 23 thus starts up at about three fifths the speed of 22. This is > very noticeable, and not a good thing. > I haven't tried to tie down why this is. Could it be due to the extra font-selection efforts? You could compare the GUI vs text modes, to get a first impression of where the time difference goes. Stefan