From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Millar Subject: Re: Extremely slow org-table operations Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:07:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87d29brz2k.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <54517AE2.8060907@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53739) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkE7o-0002up-1Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:29:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjw0V-00075D-TC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:07:52 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjw0V-00072z-MI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:07:43 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjw0U-0002C2-7M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:07:42 +0100 Received: from 79.sub-70-209-130.myvzw.com ([70.209.130.79]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:07:42 +0100 Received: from millarc by 79.sub-70-209-130.myvzw.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:07:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Michael > Michael Brand wrote: >> Hi Charles >> >> First I would like to point out that to my understanding there are now >> two separate issues in discussion in this thread which are easy to mix >> up: >> >> 1) The same table calculates fast or slow depending on the position >> within the same entry, see OP. > I did not understand; I thought that the speed slowed down as the OP progressed from table to table in the file. >> 2) An entry with nothing but a single table, as you describe it: > True; I did not bother to mention other files in which I had multiple tables, some with references to other tables in the file. At times "M-x org-table-iterate-buffer-tables" seemed to take eternity, squared. (Imagine a smiley face placed here.) >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Charles Millar wrote: >>> I learned that the hard way when I had one table - four columns, three >>> simple addition formulas with about 1,000 entries. It seemed an eternity >>> before the addition was completed. >> Only out of curiosity I would like to see the TBLFM. And do you see >> still the same slowness with 8.3beta? > It has been quite a while and I suspect that my experience may have been with org <8.0. I try to find the older files, give them a run and let you know. I will also give org another shot using multiple tables, as spreadsheets, in one file. The worst that can happen is that I will have to export the tables. > > Charlie