Subject: bug#17837: 24.4.50; Search very slow

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:15:50 -0400

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  > I think Richard meant that he downloaded the HTML and then opened the
  > HTML file in Emacs (since he mentions font-lock).

Yes.

  > I'm not able to see anything slow going on when doing that, though --
  > searching for "interview" in that HTML buffer is instantaneous for me.

It runs fast enough for me now, in master from May 10.
It looks like the bug is fixed.

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