On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 11:14:04AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 09/05/08 10:46, Mike McCarty wrote: >>> Martin wrote: >>>> When I open big text file (46M in this case) emacs take long time for >>>> moving cursor and editing. It takes 3-4 seconds to process every key >>>> press. >>>> >>>> Is this only my case or is emacs in general sluggish with big files? >>> >>> Have you looked at the output from top? You may be swapping. >> >> Must... not... compare... emacs... to... Operating... System... > > I wasn't comparing anything to anything. I don't understand > even what your objection might be. must... resist... urge... to... say... "whoosh"... ;-) > > If he's filled up memory, and the system has swapped the code > EMACS uses to move the cursor to disc, then he may be seeing > lag due to swap time to move the code in and execute it. > > That might or might not slow down other applications, depending > on what cache algorithms are in effect. Keypresses don't come > very often. I second this... look for swapping. A
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