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23.1; ERC, aspell, and CPU usage

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Message #10 received at 4590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 4590 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4590: 23.1; ERC, aspell, and CPU usage
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:12:26 -0800

Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com> writes:

> This is a somewhat vague bug, sorry about that.
> I don't even know for certain that this is a bug in Emacs.
>
> I use ERC with the 'spelling module.
>
> I have noticed that sometimes, when ERC cannot contact an irc server
> (e.g. if it goes down or is otherwise unavailable), then aspell will
> start using all my CPU, and Emacs slows to a crawl.
>
> Killing aspell from the shell seems to fix this problem.

Is this problem still present in Emacs 24?

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