Subject: Re: bug#3252: 23.0.93; extremely slow to open file on windows network drive

From: Chris Withers <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 17:23:15 +0100

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> How large is the file, and what's in it?  Is it plain ASCII text or
> does it have non-ASCII characters? if the latter, can you tell more
> about the contents?

It's a 12kB .py file...

> What mode does Emacs turn on when you visit that file?

Python Mode, but it doesn't matter, same problem if I open a similarly 
small text file.

> Next, can you copy the file to your local filesystem and visit it from
> there? 

Yes.

> If you do, how much time does it take then?

Instantaneous.

> Finally, is the time to visit the file with "C-x C-f" comparable with
> the time needed when you drag-n-drop it? 

Yes, it's just as slow.

> How about the time to visit
> it with "M-x find-file-literally RET"?

No, this is instantaneous.

cheers,

Chris

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