From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Welle Subject: Re: working with tables can be quite painful... Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:54:28 +0200 Message-ID: <87lgynkc6j.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> References: <87r38jew14.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <9ae6591e2754413885a96e19c2455472@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87zin4z3u3.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87lgyoq87i.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33929) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bm2m3-0007LX-Jy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:54:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bm2m0-0001ST-El for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:54:35 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:64974) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bm2m0-0001SH-3i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:54:32 -0400 Received: from stella.c0t0d0s0.de ([88.66.7.109]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MbbWD-1bVsvo2vcz-00IzZS for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:54:29 +0200 Received: from Stella (stella.c0t0d0s0.de [192.168.42.1]) by stella.c0t0d0s0.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A778C4264 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:54:29 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87lgyoq87i.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:23:45 +0100") 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, Eric S Fraga writes: > On Monday, 19 Sep 2016 at 12:58, Michael Welle wrote: > > [...] > >> the output of your profiler run doesn't ring a bell, but a few years ago >> I had the problem that after some uptime (my Emacs uptime is typical >> several days, up to a few weeks) Org operations like building the agenda >> became sloooow. Restarting Emacs fixed that, until the problem occurred >> again after some time. > > Interesting. The performance I was referring to last week was indeed in > an emacs that had been running for quite some time. I did close down > that emacs instance on Friday for unrelated reasons and the instance > this morning had only been running for minutes. Maybe the problem is > not org alone but relates to emacs as well. yepp, that's what I thought. Maybe a minor mode or some function that got evaluated only once in a while. Or something, that depends on the input data of that something. >> If I remember correctly I asked the list for advise. But it looked like >> one of these problems only I have ;). Maybe some other lisp package had >> its hands in the game, I don't know. Eventually, after some Emacs, Org >> and other updates the problem was gone. > > Well, maybe it's a problem that others do have! ;) >> As I said, I don't think, you suffer from the same problem. But you said >> you don't use the newest software versions, so just in case. > > To clarify, when I said I wasn't using the latest version of org, it's > that I hadn't updated from git in a few weeks but I am using a snapshot > of emacs tracking the development version (and now I have org up to date). Hm, my problem was definitely way more in the past. The only performance related problem I have from time to time is when the vc-mode hooks get in the way. But that's nothing Org can change. But on the other hand, my tables are much smaller than yours and contain mostly static data. Regards hmw