GNU bug report logs - #56682
Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 56682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#56682: Fix the long lines font locking related slowdowns
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:15 +0000

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>> Yes.  Because as I told you your 2 seconds are 4 for me and 8 for Eli 
>> and 20 for someone else.  And that's in a relatively small file.
>
> Is it a "relatively small file" if we've effectively been unable to edit 
> such files for all of 40 years of Emacs's existence?
>

There are many other editors out there, isn't it?

>> Note that if it were 2/4/8/20 seconds once, and then no further 
>> slowdowns while editing the file, that would perhaps be okay.  But 
>> that's not the case, you will regularly see a similar 2/4/8/20 seconds 
>> delay.
>
> Do our users regularly edit 30MB files? And do a lot of changes in them? 
> In different areas?
>

You seem to think they do not.  Then why is it a problem if such files are 
mis-fontified?

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