I'm trying to figure out what causes high latency while typing in large org-mode files. The issue is very clearly a result of my large config file, but I'm not sure how to track it down with any precision.
My main literate config file is ~/.emacs.d/
emacs-init.org, currently 15000 lines, 260 src blocks.
If I create a ~minimal.el~ config like this:
(let* ((all-paths
'("/home/matt/src/org-mode/emacs/site-lisp/org")))
(dolist (p all-paths)
(add-to-list 'load-path p)))
(require 'org)
(find-file "~/.emacs.d/
emacs-init.org")
then I do not notice any latency while typing. If I run the profiler while using the minimal config, the profile looks about like this at a high level:
1397 71% - command-execute
740 37% - funcall-interactively
718 36% - org-self-insert-command
686 34% + org-element--cache-after-change
10 0% + org-fold-core--fix-folded-region
3 0% + blink-paren-post-self-insert-function
2 0% + jit-lock-after-change
1 0% org-fold-check-before-invisible-edit--text-properties
9 0% + previous-line
6 0% + minibuffer-complete
3 0% + org-return
3 0% + execute-extended-command
657 33% - byte-code
657 33% - read-extended-command
64 3% - completing-read-default
14 0% + redisplay_internal (C function)
1 0% + timer-event-handler
371 18% - redisplay_internal (C function)
251 12% + jit-lock-function
90 4% + assq
7 0% + substitute-command-keys
3 0% + eval
125 6% + timer-event-handler
69 3% + ...
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However, if I instead use my fairly extensive main config, latency is high enough that there's a noticeable delay while typing ordinary words. I see this regardless of whether I build from main or from Ihor's org-fold feature branch on github. The profiler overview here is pretty different -- redisplay_internal takes a much higher percentage of the CPU requirement:
3170 56% - redisplay_internal (C function)
693 12% - substitute-command-keys
417 7% + #<compiled -0x1c8b98a4b03336f3>
59 1% + assq
49 0% + org-in-subtree-not-table-p
36 0% + tab-bar-make-keymap
35 0% and
24 0% + not
16 0% org-at-table-p
13 0% + jit-lock-function
8 0% keymap-canonicalize
7 0% + #<compiled 0x74a551771c7fdf1>
4 0% + funcall
4 0% display-graphic-p
3 0% + #<compiled 0xe5940664f7881ee>
3 0% file-readable-p
3 0% + table--probe-cell
3 0% table--row-column-insertion-point-p
1486 26% - command-execute
1200 21% - byte-code
1200 21% - read-extended-command
1200 21% - completing-read-default
1200 21% - apply
1200 21% - vertico--advice
475 8% + #<subr completing-read-default>
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I've almost never used the profiler and am not quite sure how I should proceed to debug this. I realize I can comment out parts of the config one at a time, but that is not so easy for me to do in my current setup, and I suppose there are likely to be multiple contributing causes, which I may not really notice except in the aggregate.
If anyone has suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Thanks,
Matt