From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Viktor Rosenfeld Subject: Re: slow agenda view and scrolling through headlines Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:45:21 +0100 Message-ID: <20111115064521.GA837@kenny.fritz.box> References: <87ipmnllc1.fsf@norang.ca> <9115.1321225126@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <20385.1321249317@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:32847) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQClt-0000eB-Kq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:45:31 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQCls-0001oR-BM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:45:29 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:50143) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQCls-0001oN-2G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:45:28 -0500 Received: by bke17 with SMTP id 17so6800122bke.0 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:45:26 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Susan, swapping on OS X is usually accompanied by the spinning beach ball (from hell). Have you tried upgrading Emacs? I use Aquamacs (http://aquamacs.org/), there's also Cocoa Emacs (http://emacsformacosx.com/). Both are based on Emacs 23.3. Cheers, Viktor Susan Addy wrote: > Also - it does not usually get faster right after it gets slower. It will > stay slow for a while and sometimes get faster again later, but I haven't > noticed a definite pattern. > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Susan Addy wrote: > > > Hi Nick, > > I'm not sure if the machine swaps - in fact I'm not sure what you mean. > > However, I am on a macbook air running OSX 10.6.8, emacs 22.3.1, org 7.7. I > > am the only user. I have 4GB ram, 2.13 GHz intel core 2 duo. > > Thanks for your help, > > Susan > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > > > >> Susan Addy wrote: > >> > >> > Ok - I tried adding (setq font-lock-verbose nil), but there was no > >> > change. It is still fast when I open emacs, and then some time later > >> > (after I switch to another program for some time and back) it is > >> > slow. Sometimes it will become fast again, and sometimes I recall (I > >> > think) it has been slow right when I open it. > >> > > >> > Also, to clarify, the slow scrolling through headlines is in normal > >> > view, not agenda view. It tends to be correlated with the agenda being > >> > slow. > >> > > >> > >> Could it be that emacs is swapped out after you leave it for a while and > >> it takes a long time to get swapped back in? But if so, it would get > >> faster soon thereafter. Does the machine swap at all? > >> > >> OS and version? org version? emacs version? do you share the machine or > >> are you the > >> only user on it? how much memory? CPUs? > >> > >> Nick > >> > > > >