From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: org-mode on sloooow computer Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:03:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87hc0fe35v.fsf@eeepc.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <5A8DAF72-27D1-4BC5-B70C-884E2F98620B@gmail.com> <18928.59232.992700.573573@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxDZt-0008FG-1v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:03:57 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxDZo-0008En-AD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:03:56 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55317 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxDZo-0008Ek-6U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:03:52 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f162.google.com ([209.85.219.162]:38942) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LxDZn-0004ZN-KN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:03:51 -0400 Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so855741ewy.42 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:03:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <18928.59232.992700.573573@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> 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: e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Apr 24, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Carsten Dominik writes: >> 8-10 seconds, that is a lot. > > Yes, I agree :( On my desktop, it takes a /trivial/ amount of time, > definitely under a second. But the Asus is much much slower, > especially as most of the system resides on an SD memory card which is > not particularly fast. I should say that the .org files searched by > the agenda take up about 0.5 MB. > >>> 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. >> >> I don't think I can reproduce this. > > Which part can you not reproduce? When I have the agenda on an arbitrary date, pressing "j" does *not* first switch the agenda to today. > Even on my fast desktop, if I'm > viewing the daily agenda for May 10th (say), when I hit 'j', I get the > calendar window displayed, the agenda window updates to show the > current date's agenda items and I can then type in a new date in the > mini-buffer. This happens quite quickly but it *does* happen. > > On the Asus, it all happens much much more slowly. Removing what > seems to me to be a redundant agenda view update would speed things up > tremendously. It's not unbearable because the benefits of using > org-mode are well worth it but it does mean that I use org-mode more > cautiously on the Asus than I would otherwise. > > I will delve into the org-agenda code! > > Thanks, > eric > > -- > MC . -.. --- - ..-. .-. .- --. .- .- - ..- -.-. .-.. .- > -.-. ..- -.- > NL Professor Eric S Fraga, UCL, http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/ > BF >++++++++++[>++++++++++>+++++++++++[<]>-]>++.>++++.<-----.+++++ > +.------.