GNU bug report logs - #41423
27.0.91; eshell file completion in tramp dir is slow (3 minutes) [regression on pretest]

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rrandresf <at> gmail.com

Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 16:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 47389

Found in versions 27.0.91, 27.1.91

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Gregory Heytings <ghe <at> sdf.org>
To: 41423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41423: 27.0.91; eshell file completion in tramp dir is slow (3 minutes) [regression on pretest]
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:38:32 +0000

The root of this bug is that `eshell-complete-commands-list' loops through 
all executables *on the remote server* with (while comps-in-path ...). 
That means typically 1000-2000 commands to check, one by one, hence the 3 
minutes delay.

The easy fix is to hit C-g, which stops this loop.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 25 days ago.

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