From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: How to make agenda generation faster Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:51:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87h8hoap2v.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87h8hy1ho5.fsf@mbork.pl> <87d0skj44p.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> <87o9c18t7f.fsf@mbork.pl> <874ldtkmgw.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> <87va687tt8.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55006) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gBc8o-0003rv-Ag for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2018 04:52:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gBc8l-0007A9-1o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2018 04:52:50 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:35138) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gBc8k-00079o-PL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2018 04:52:46 -0400 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" To: Samuel Wales Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Michael Welle On 2018-10-11, at 21:59, Samuel Wales wrote: > i too visit all files when emacs starts. > > are we saying that the speed depends on the number of headlines total > or the number of headlines in a single file among the agenda files? Probably the former...? > > On 10/11/18, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >> >> On 2018-10-11, at 08:48, Michael Welle wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Marcin Borkowski writes: >>> >>>> On 2018-10-08, at 09:20, Michael Welle wrote: >>> [...] >>>>> Well, on my laptop the initial agenda run takes about 7s or so (150 >>>>> agenda files) using the current day/week agenda ("a"). All subsequent >>>>> (after loading the files) agenda runs are fast (split second I would >>>>> say). I had some performance issues in the past caused by SCM. Emacs >>>>> tried to check if every file is checked out in the latest version. That >>>>> slowed down the process a lot (starting 150 mercurial processes in >>>>> sequential order, checking results, etc.). The initial run doesn't >>>>> bother me much. I bound the initial agenda run to an idle timer at >>>>> Emacs >>>>> start. >>>> >>>> Interesting. I did not notice such differences between the first and >>>> subsequent runs. >>> I thought that behaviour is natural, scanning dirs for files and opening >>> them is a costly operation. But a week ago I changed from rotating rust >>> to solid state disks and that behaviour did not change much. I expected >>> a speed up, but mee. >> >> Ah, I have /visiting/ all my agenda files (but not generating the agenda >> itself) in my init.el. >> >> That explains a lot. >> >> Best, >> >> -- >> Marcin Borkowski >> http://mbork.pl >> >> -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl