From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: How to make agenda generation faster Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:48:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87va687tt8.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87h8hy1ho5.fsf@mbork.pl> <87d0skj44p.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> <87o9c18t7f.fsf@mbork.pl> <874ldtkmgw.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44131) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAWfK-0005H6-7e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:49:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAWfG-0007Pk-7f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:49:54 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:51274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAWfF-0007Ot-UI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:49:50 -0400 In-reply-to: <874ldtkmgw.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> 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: Michael Welle Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2018-10-11, at 08:48, Michael Welle wrote: > Hello, > > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> On 2018-10-08, at 09:20, Michael Welle wrote: > [...] >>> Well, on my laptop the initial agenda run takes about 7s or so (150 >>> agenda files) using the current day/week agenda ("a"). All subsequent >>> (after loading the files) agenda runs are fast (split second I would >>> say). I had some performance issues in the past caused by SCM. Emacs >>> tried to check if every file is checked out in the latest version. That >>> slowed down the process a lot (starting 150 mercurial processes in >>> sequential order, checking results, etc.). The initial run doesn't >>> bother me much. I bound the initial agenda run to an idle timer at Emacs >>> start. >> >> Interesting. I did not notice such differences between the first and >> subsequent runs. > I thought that behaviour is natural, scanning dirs for files and opening > them is a costly operation. But a week ago I changed from rotating rust > to solid state disks and that behaviour did not change much. I expected > a speed up, but mee. Ah, I have /visiting/ all my agenda files (but not generating the agenda itself) in my init.el. That explains a lot. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl