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

Previous Next

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.

Full log

Message #85 received at 3252 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 3252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 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 14:49:19 +0200

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 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.

But maybe only Emacs handles the default directory in a way that might
interfere?
This bug report was last modified 16 years and 64 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.