GNU bug report logs - #19023
24.4; Long pause when evaluating numeric expression

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:19:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 16828, 21131, 23930

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4, 25.0.95

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>
To: 19023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19023: 24.4; Long pause when evaluating numeric expression
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:51:29 +0000
> My crystal ball says that this pause is due to Emacs trying to locate
> a font that can display a character whose codepoint is U+F4240.  In
> which case, the pause is not n Emacs, it is in system libraries that
> search the available fonts.

That was my guess too, and if I was hoping to see a character at that code point, I would have to be prepared to wait for the system to search all the fonts to find it.

But normally when I evaluate a numeric expression, I do not want to see a character—I’m just using M-: as a calculator—and so the wait is unnecessary (and a regression from 24.3).



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