Re: Having (too) many files in org-agenda-files

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Sébastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Having (too) many files in org-agenda-files
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:56:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D294564E-613A-461A-A577-4CA57A6644E2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878w2lso50.fsf@mundaneum.com>

Hi Sebastian,

4 minutes of startup time is entirely unacceptable.  And I think
you need to identify what is causing this.

First of all, unless you are having to totally old Version of Emacs,
fontification at display time is standard, I believe.

You must be doing something strange, like forcing Emacs to load
all those files in org-agenda-files for example, and maybe forcing  
global
fontification for each file or so.

About a separate variable for search file, that does of cause exist:
org-agenda-text-search-extra-files

- Carsten

On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Of course, I have many, many files in Org mode. All files I write  
> (or touch)
> in fact.
>
> Of course, I would like to search through my files at some point in  
> time.
> I even would like to search through your files at some point in  
> time, I mean
> through =org-mode/contrib/babel= and =Worg= for example.
>
> Hence, I put them in =org-agenda-files=:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ;; set which files to search for TODO entries and scheduled items
> ;; (avoiding hidden files)
> (setq org-agenda-files
>      (append (directory-files org-directory t "^[^\\.].*\\.org$")
>              (if (file-exists-p "~/Projects/")
>                  (directory-files "~/Projects/" t "^[^\\.].*\\.org$")
>                nil)
>              (if (file-exists-p "~/Public/")
>                  (directory-files "~/Public/" t "^[^\\.].*\\.txt$")
>                nil)
>              (if (file-exists-p "~/Public/www.mygooglest.com/source/sva/ 
> ")
>                  (directory-files "~/Public/www.mygooglest.com/source/sva/ 
> " t "^[^\\.].*\\.txt$")
>                nil)
>              (if (file-exists-p "~/Examples/Org-scraps/")
>                  (directory-files "~/Examples/Org-scraps/" t "^[^\ 
> \.].*\\.txt$")
>                nil)
>              (if (file-exists-p "~/Downloads/emacs/site-lisp/org- 
> mode/contrib/babel/")
>                  (directory-files "~/Downloads/emacs/site-lisp/org- 
> mode/contrib/babel/" t "^[^\\.].*\\.org$")
>                nil)
>              (if (file-exists-p "~/Downloads/emacs/site-lisp/Worg/")
>                  (directory-files "~/Downloads/emacs/site-lisp/ 
> Worg/" t "^[^\\.].*\\.org$")
>                nil)
>              ))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The problem is the load-time of my Emacs, now:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Emacs Init startup time: 221 seconds.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> coming from 20 seconds before the heavy use of Org...
>
> with tens of times such lines in my *Messages* buffer:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> OVERVIEW
> Checking for library `filladapt'...
> +-> Requiring `filladapt' (already loaded)
> Checking for library `filladapt'... Found
> Fontifying Axa.org...  
> (regexps............................................)
> Checking for library `filladapt'... Found
> Fontifying Axa.org...  
> (regexps.............................................)
> Checking for library `filladapt'... Found
> Fontifying Axa.org...  
> (regexps..............................................)
> Checking for library `filladapt'... Found
> +-> Requiring `outline-mode-easy-bindings' (already loaded)
> +-> Requiring `ispell' (already loaded)
> Evaluate code AFTER HAVING LOADED `flyspell'... [2 times]
> Starting new Ispell process [en_US] ...
> Checking for library `filladapt'...
> +-> Requiring `filladapt' (already loaded)
> Checking for library `filladapt'... Found
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> You'll tell me: not a problem, you do that only once a day, and you  
> use Emacs
> client/server for the rest of the time. True. A bit, because I  
> sometimes have
> to restart Emacs for testing a fresh one (not impacted by defvars  
> already
> defined, or deffaces, etc.).
>
> Having to wait almost 4 minutes is a real pain. So, here my
> comments/questions:
>
> - Isn't it possible to delay the fontification/ispell/etc. to when  
> we really
>  display (i.e., pop up) the buffer?  I guess this must be a major  
> component
>  of the time this takes.
>
> - Couldn't we have 2 vars: =org-agenda-files= for the files you know  
> you want
>  have scanned for the agenda construction, and an extra list such as
>  =org-search-files= for files not containing any dates?  Then, some  
> time
>  would have to be taken when =C-c a s=, but not before. And not if  
> you don't
>  search for anything in your Org files during that Emacs session...
>
> Any other idea?
>
> Best regards,
>  Seb
>
> -- 
> Sébastien Vauban
>
>
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