GNU bug report logs - #3252
23.0.93; extremely slow to open file on windows network drive

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chris Withers <chris <at> simplistix.co.uk>

Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:20:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #80 received at 3252 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>,
        3252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Chris Withers <chris <at> simplistix.co.uk>
Subject: Re: bug#3252: 23.0.93;	extremely slow to open file on windows network
  drive
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 20:41:41 +0800

Lennart Borgman wrote:
> Could it be that Emacs has the wrong default directory internally when
> searching for some files? (Perhaps fonts?)
>   

Emacs doesn't search for fonts directly on Windows. I am pretty sure 
Windows itself only searches in a fixed location for fonts, otherwise 
other applications would have the same slowdown whenever they enumerate 
fonts when the default directory is a network drive.
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