From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: snmishra@XXXhotYYYpop.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs using too much CPU Date: 17 May 2004 16:19:37 -0600 Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084833249 27327 80.91.224.253 (17 May 2004 22:34:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:34:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 18 00:33:57 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPqgH-0003wd-00 for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 00:33:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BPqdz-0002KZ-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 18:31:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn52feed!worldnet.att.net!12.120.28.17!attla2!attla1!ip.att.net!usenet.nsc.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: quandary.nsc.com Original-X-Trace: usenet.nsc.com 1084832411 11210 192.137.59.70 (17 May 2004 22:20:11 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@usenet.nsc.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:20:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123243 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18537 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18537 >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier writes: >> I have this pesky little problem with emacs: it is always >> running at around 55% CPU utilization. I have been trying to >> figure out what is causing it without any avail. Stefan> Try (setq jit-lock-stealth-time nil) It's probably Stefan> fontifying all your INBOX messages in the background. Stefan Thanks for the help. That seems to have fixed the problem mostly. I found that the auto-save-timeout was at 30 seconds. So CPU usage was going up every 30 seconds. Hopefully that takes care of most problems. Satya -- Remove XXX and YYY to get my address