From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs is slow while processing a big file Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:02:02 +0000 Organization: muc.de e.V. -- private internet access Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144312971 13855 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2006 08:42:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:42:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 06 10:42:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRQ4X-0003XA-FG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:42:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRQ4W-00088J-LE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:42:32 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news2.volia.net!news.germany.com!news.space.net!news.muc.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: acm.muc.de Original-X-Trace: marvin.muc.de 1144310765 37133 193.149.49.134 (6 Apr 2006 08:06:05 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news-admin@muc.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Apr 2006 08:06:05 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.35 (i686)) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138569 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:34187 Archived-At: Saravanan M D wrote on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:55:39 +0530: > I am using emacs-21.3. When i open a big file and navigate through it. > It is very slow even to get to the next page. If i open the same file > with gvim it is faster. what should i do to speed up this. Well, you could start by telling us a bit more about the file! What "mode" was it loaded in, i.e. was it a text file, a C source file, or what? How big was it? Is there anything else noteworthy about the file? > Thanks, > saravanan > IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy > the information in any medium. Whoops, sorry, too late! I've actually read your email. I've actually stored its contents. Sorry! -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").