Re: Largest org file you have + performance

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

On Mon, Aug 01 2011, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:

> Hey list,
>
> What's the largest orgmode file you have, and what's the performance
> you get while manipulating/navigating it? Mine is a 5k lines file
> called reference.org, and I basically keep all kind of notes and
> attachments there. It's a bit slow to navigate on my Emacs 240.50.1,
> orgmode 7.4, although still usable. I'm just afraid that it will keep
> getting slower with time at the point of being unusable inside
> emacs+orgmode. I'm curious if there are users with larger orgmode
> files and what their experience is, and open to suggestions on how to
> improve performance.

My largest file is 32k lines. It's a novel translation (so essentially
two very long novels in one file), and there's no perceptible lag in
navigation/folding. BUT! It's almost all plain text, very little
fontification besides the headlines, and I understand that fontification
is one of the major causes of lag. So, dunno if that's helpful, but it's
another data point.

Eric

(Using the Ubuntu version of Emacs, 23.3 I believe, and yesterday's org-mode)