GNU bug report logs - #2056
23.0.60; Enabling flyspell degrades performance

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Packages: ns, emacs;

Reported by: Ian Eure <ian <at> digg.com>

Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:15:05 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 2639, 4273, 5133, 12127

Found in version 24.1.50

Fixed in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Agustin Martin <agustin.martin <at> hispalinux.es>
To: Ian Eure <ian <at> digg.com>, 2056 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2056: 23.0.60; Enabling flyspell degrades performance
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:11:49 +0100

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:08:14AM -0800, Ian Eure wrote:
> If you enable flyspell-mode in a buffer, Emacs gets slow. Not
> unbearably slow, but there's a distinct lag when you type. It seems to
> get worse as the buffer gets larger.
>
> Other people have noticed:
> http://www.nabble.com/CVS-version:-message-mode-%2B-flyspell-terribly-slow-td20666831.html

That points to a thread in emacs-devel list,

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-11/msg00859.html
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/106090/focus=106118

> The behavior doesn't happen on Emacs 22.

Is the same problem described there? Does disabling the tool-bar make this
slowness disappear? Note that, after above threads, some improvements were
done on this at the end of November.

-- 
Agustin
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