GNU bug report logs - #18713
Very slow startups with TERM=xterm

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Roy Smith <roy <at> panix.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:15:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Roy Smith <roy <at> panix.com>, 18713 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18713: Very slow startups with TERM=xterm
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:11:50 -0400

tags 18713 + moreinfo
close 18713
quit

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I downloaded emacs-24.3.94 (I assume that’s what you intended?) and built it with:
>> ./configure --prefix=`/bin/pwd` --with-x-toolkit=no --with-xpm=no --with-jpeg=no --with-png=no --with-gif=n
>> o --with-tiff=no
>> ./configure --prefix=`/bin/pwd` --with-x-toolkit=no --with-xpm=no --with-jpeg=no --with-png=no --with-gif=n
>> o --with-tiff=no
>
>> It has exactly the same behavior.  Starting it with TERM=xterm-256color, it
>> takes a couple of seconds to get to the welcome screen.  Same pselect6()
>> calls in the trace output:
>
> Could you show the result of typing `C-h l' right after this slow startup?

> Also, could you describe precisely what terminal emulator you're
> using (including version number)?

Closing since OP hasn't responded.
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