From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Klein Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: 1st character change in file takes forever Date: 17 Dec 2002 15:46:55 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040133963 3029 80.91.224.249 (17 Dec 2002 14:06:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:06:03 +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 18OIMC-0000mG-00 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:06:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18OICH-0005pT-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:55:45 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!nntp.abs.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!spool0902.news.uu.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.172.169.19 Original-X-Trace: 1040132818 14738 199.172.169.19 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108217 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4746 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4746 When I first try to insert a character into a buffer that is associated with a file on disk, the insert takes close to a minute! Before attempting the insert I can do whatever I want, e.g. split the window, change to the *scratch* buffer and insert text there. Response is instantaneous. After getting passed the first character, everything works fine, even if I try to insert a character into a new file. The behaviour remains even when I start emacs with emacs -q --no-site-file or even emacs -q --no-site-file I have tried this under GNU Emacs 20.3.1 (I also tried it switching the "emacs" executable to GNU Emacs 20.3.1). My OS is Linux sleepy 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 23:00:46 EDT 1999 i686 unknown Any ideas how I can try to track this down? I tried (debug-on-entry 'self-insert-command) but emacs tells me that it is a primitive (surprise, surprise). -- Use of tools distinguishes Man from Beast. And UNIX users from WINDOZE lusers.