GNU bug report logs - #16875
python, comint-mode: Large output makes Emacs freeze

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: fgallina <at> gnu.org (Fabián Ezequiel Gallina)

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 16875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16875: python, comint-mode: Large output makes Emacs freeze
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:28:57 +0200

On 25.06.2014 16:26, Stefan Monnier wrote:
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> Maybe comint.el could also be changed so that it "wraps" lines if they
> get past some arbitrary maximum length (like 10K chars, for example).
> It wouldn't be a great solution, but if the performance sucks really bad
> past 10K chars, wrapping the line might be a lesser evil.
>
>
>          Stefan
>

Sounds promising, thanks! As comint is built for human interaction, readability of output matters.

Andreas
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