Attached the profile when i open with 'find-file'. It still seems to call ivy-read, but the interesting thing is that now a lot of time is apparently spent in 'url-http' functions. The file contains lots of web links, so it seems emacs is trying to do something with them when it really shouldn't... Cheers, Peter PS: this is not a permanent paper archive, but rather an ephemeral collection of journal rss feeds On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 3:48 AM Ihor Radchenko wrote: > > I have no issue opening your file (under 1 second). > > > I also attach the profile. > > Looking at the profile, the problem seems to be with ivy. Can you try > opening the file without ivy. Something like > > M-: (find-file "~/Org/notes.org") > > P.S. You can also add notes to papers from org-ref. That is a great help > when your paper database grow bigger. > > Best, > Ihor > > Peter Bienstman writes: > > > Opening this file takes more than 10 seconds: > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/tg7pr6tetlh7jwb/toc%2020200922%2007.00.01.org?dl=0 > > > > I also attach the profile. > > > > I have org files which are much bigger, and they open almost instantly. > > > > This is on Windows 10, emacs 26.3, all packages updated to the latest version. > > > > Is there anything I can do to speed this up? > > > > Thanks!