From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Millar Subject: Fwd: Re: Extremely slow org-table operations Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:13:37 -0400 Message-ID: <545255A1.4020800@verizon.net> References: <5452316F.5060203@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=------------050704030307090109060906 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43924) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkEN6-0005Qu-K4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:45:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjrQ7-0005mb-Ay for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:14:02 -0400 Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9]:36647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjrQ7-0005lg-5n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:13:51 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.134] ([70.209.130.79]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.32.0 64bit (built Jul 16 2014)) with ESMTPA id <0NE900A6PJMR4790@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:13:40 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <5452316F.5060203@verizon.net> 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: "em >> Org Mode" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050704030307090109060906 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------050704030307090109060906 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Re: [O] Extremely slow org-table operations.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Re: [O] Extremely slow org-table operations.eml" X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <5452316F.5060203@verizon.net> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:39:11 -0400 From: Charles Millar User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 SeaMonkey/2.30 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Brand , Org Mode Subject: Re: [O] Extremely slow org-table operations References: <87d29brz2k.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <54517AE2.8060907@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Michael, Michael Brand wrote: > Hi Charles > > First I would like to point out that to my understanding there are now > two separate issues in discussion in this thread which are easy to mix > up: > > 1) The same table calculates fast or slow depending on the position > within the same entry, see OP. I did not understand; I thought that the speed slowed down as the OP progressed from table to table in the file. > 2) An entry with nothing but a single table, as you describe it: True; I did not bother to mention other files in which I had multiple tables, some with references to other tables in the file. At times "M-x org-table-iterate-buffer-tables" seemed to take eternity, squared. (Imagine a smiley face placed here.) > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Charles Millar wrote: >> I learned that the hard way when I had one table - four columns, three >> simple addition formulas with about 1,000 entries. It seemed an eternity >> before the addition was completed. > Only out of curiosity I would like to see the TBLFM. And do you see > still the same slowness with 8.3beta? It has been quite a while and I suspect that my experience may have been with org <8.0. I try to find the older files, give them a run and let you know. I will also give org another shot using multiple tables, as spreadsheets, in one file. The worst that can happen is that I will have to export the tables. Charlie --------------050704030307090109060906--