Hi again, I tried with elp-instrument-package, see the results below. Seems
like function "org-get-x-clipboard" is taking a long time. CPU usage is
100% for the process "emacs-X11" during this time.

Does anyone have a clue what I should do?

BR / Johan



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On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:

> Johan Ekh <ekh.johan@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I'm on Windows 10 with Cygwin-X and running Emacs 25.1.1 installed with
> Cygwin installer. Org-mode version is 9.0 installed from Elpa.
> >
> > I am experiencing very slow usage of my capture templates. When I hit
> C-c c my different templates show up but when I select one of them nothing
> happens for a long time then after 30-60
> > seconds it suddenly works as usual. This happens every time regardless
> of which template I select.
> >
> > When I start emacs without X, i.e. with the -nw flag, my capture
> templates works fast as usual.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I need to do?
> >
> > BR / Johan
> >
>
> First step is to probably profile org and see where time is spent:
>
> M-x elp-instrument package RET org RET
> ... then try a capture ...
> M-x elp-results
>
> Second step is to bring up a terminal and run htop in it, then try a
> capture and see if
> some process (maybe emacs, maybe something else) jumps up in CPU usage.
>
> Also try with a minimal org file and no other customizations: it may be
> that something
> in your configuration causes it (unless others can see the same slowness
> on similar systems).
>
> This kind of problem may take a long time to debug, so it's important not
> to get discouraged.
>
> --
> Nick
>
>
>