Subject: Re: bug#17837: 24.4.50; Search very slow

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:10:03 -0400

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This is a very painful problem when it happens, and I think it should
be fixed now.

The problem is not simple font-lock.  It is due to searching for
other matches for the search string.

That loop should pause for user input, as if it were a background
process.

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