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* slow agenda view and scrolling through headlines
@ 2011-11-13 22:03 Susan Addy
  2011-11-13 22:16 ` Bernt Hansen
  2011-11-14  1:49 ` Samuel Wales
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Susan Addy @ 2011-11-13 22:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

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I am an avid user of org mode for all of my notes (usually kept under
headlines with dates) and TODOs. I now have 5 agenda files with a total of
about 25,000 lines, about 25% of which are headlines.

Sometimes, when I run agenda, it is very slow to compile - about 10-15
seconds. During these times, it is also slow to scroll through the high
level headings (about 5-6 seconds each to get to the next heading).
However, others times, the same commands are much faster - 2 seconds to
compile the agenda and an immediate response when scrolling. I can't find a
pattern to when it is slow versus fast. It is usually fast the first time I
open emacs, even if I just restarted the computer and opened emacs. It
doesn't seem to matter what else is running on the computer. Sometimes it
stays fast for several hours, and then all of sudden will be slow - even if
nothing has been added to the file in the meantime.

I've considered some major changes to try and fix this, like converting all
of my headlines that don't have todo items (i.e. notes that start with a
date) to a list instead of a headline. I've also considered trying to use
the logbook for notes instead of headlines. However, if it is just having
trouble scanning through so many headlines, I don't understand why it can
compile the agenda fast some times and not others. I also don't know if
scroll would be any faster, because the same number of lines would still be
there.  If scroll was always slow at first and then fast later, that might
make sense too (maybe it is remembering some of the structure after the
first scroll?).

Below is a list of my agenda command - maybe it is too long? When it is
slow, it is slow no matter what TODO I am trying to compile.

Any thoughts?
Thank you!

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(("d" "Daily Action List (work)"
 ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 5)
      (org-deadline-warning-days 0)
      (org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all t)
      (org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done nil)))))
("n" "NextActions List (work)"
 ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 1)
      (org-use-tag-inheritance nil)
      (org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all t)))
  (tags-todo "work+TODO=\"NEXTACTION\""
     ((org-agenda-skip-function
      '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'scheduled))))))
("p" "Active Projects List (work)"
 ((tags-todo "work/PRJ"
     ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
  'scheduled))
      ))))
("o" "Ongoing Projects List (work)"
 ((tags-todo "work/ONGOING"
     ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
  'scheduled))  ))))
("w" "Waiting For List (work)"
 ((tags-todo "work/WAITING")))
("s" "Someday/Maybe List (work)"
 ((tags-todo "work/SOMEDAY" )))
("y" "Delegated Projects (work)"
 ((tags-todo "work/YOUDO")))
("H" "How To List"
 ((tags "HowTo")))
("g" "Things to google"
 ((tags "google")))
 ("a" "agendas (work)"
 ((tags-todo "work/AGENDA"
     ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
  'scheduled))
      ))))
("N" "NextActions List (home)"
 ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 1)
      (org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all t)))
  (tags-todo
   "home+TODO=\"NEXTACTION\""
   ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
'scheduled))  ))))
 ("P" "Active Projects List (home)"
 ((tags-todo "home/PRJ"
     ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
  'scheduled))
      ))))
("O" "Ongoing Projects List (home)"
 ((tags-todo "home/ONGOING"
     ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
  'scheduled))  ))))
 ("W" "Waiting For List (home)"
 ((tags-todo "home/WAITING")))
 ("S" "Someday/Maybe List (home)"
 ((tags-todo "home/SOMEDAY" )))
 ("Y" "Delegated Projects (home)"
 ((tags-todo "home/YOUDO")))
 ("A" "agendas (home)"
 ((tags-todo "home/AGENDA"
     ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
  'scheduled))
      ))))
))

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2011-11-13 22:03 slow agenda view and scrolling through headlines Susan Addy
2011-11-13 22:16 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-11-13 22:26   ` Susan Addy
2011-11-13 22:58     ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-14  3:54       ` Susan Addy
2011-11-14  4:14       ` Susan Addy
2011-11-14  5:41         ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-15  3:44           ` Susan Addy
2011-11-15  3:45             ` Susan Addy
2011-11-15  6:45               ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-11-15  8:16                 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-11-15  4:20             ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-15  4:45               ` Susan Addy
2011-11-15  5:32                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-14  1:49 ` Samuel Wales
2011-11-14  3:57   ` Susan Addy

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