From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: org-mode on sloooow computer Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:38:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87hc0fe35v.fsf@eeepc.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lx3Aj-0003lR-De for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:57:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lx3Ae-0003jH-Pe for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:57:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37614 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lx3Ae-0003jA-Km for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:57:12 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:56811 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lx3Ae-0003qH-04 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:57:12 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Lx3Ac-0008Ki-Tb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:57:10 +0000 Received: from 79-73-81-104.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com ([79.73.81.104]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:57:10 +0000 Received: from e.fraga by 79-73-81-104.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:57:10 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, I've been using org-mode more and more and, unsurprisingly, it gets slower and slower due to the increasing amount of data org-mode has to parse and evaluate. On my desktop systems (and on my full-featured laptop), this is not yet a problem [1]. On my little netbook (the original eee pc from Asus which is used primarily for org-mode!), there are some annoyances due to the much slower cpu. I'd like to mention one that I believe should be easy to fix (for those with much more elisp expertise than my own...): When in agenda view, when org-agenda-goto-date is invoked (typically with 'j'), the agenda view is regenerated for today's date regardless of which date I am currently viewing, before allowing me to input a date. This seems an unnecessary step and I wonder whether it would be easy to change? On my Asus, regenerating the view for my current date (with todos, scheduled items, etc) takes at least 8 seconds! When I'm checking out various dates in the future for possible meetings or whatever, having to wait up to 10 seconds each time I look at a different date gets a little frustrating. I've had a look at org-agenda-goto-date and org-read-date but it's not immediately apparent to me why the current date's view has to be generated. Is it possible to avoid that current date regeneration? Apologies if I've misinterpreted what is actually happening. Of course, I would be happy to have any recommendations for a different mode of operation, if such exists! I'm using emacs version 23.0.92.1 with org-mode version 6.26a. Thanks, eric Footnotes: [1] I know that I could help things by clearing out some of the cruft from my agenda files, but that is actually one of the todo items already in my list... ;-) -- MC . -.. --- - ..-. .-. .- --. .- .- - ..- -.-. .-.. .- -.-. ..- -.- NL Professor Eric S Fraga, UCL, http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/ BF >++++++++++[>++++++++++>+++++++++++[<]>-]>++.>++++.<-----.++++++.------.