Subject: bug#5833: 23.1.94; Opening files on network shares on w32 is slow

From: Mathias Dahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 23:16:48 +0200

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':

I did this:

emacs -Q
C-x C-f //some_server/some_share/ RET
Then, on some file in Dired, opened a file with f or RET.

This operation is much slower than the same operation done using
Notepad. For a file about 80 KB in size it takes about one second in
Notepad and 5-6 seconds in Emacs.

I have tried some tips found in old threads about this, like turning off
some vc-parameter and some parameter controlling whether extra
properties should be fetched (or something like that) for shares. No
effect though. Opening local files is blazingly fast.

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    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
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In GNU Emacs 23.1.94.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-03-23 on G41R2F1
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: SVE
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-x C-f C-y <return> <down> <down> <down> <return>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-: C-y <return> q M-: C-y
<home> <right> <right> <right> <right> q <end> <return>
C-x k <return> <up> <up> <return> <f5> <down> <up>
<down> C-x k <return> M-x f i n d SPC f i l <tab> SPC
l i <tab> <return> 5 1 0 0 <tab> <return> C-x k <return>
<help-echo> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> C C-a C-k c Ö - <backspace> <backspace>
: / m u u . t x t <return> C-x C-f <up> <return> <f5>
<down> <up> C-x k <return> C-h c f f C-x k <return>
<lwindow> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <se
nd-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Entering debugger...
Back to top level.
nil
Copy: 1 of 1
Copy: 1 file
f runs the command dired-find-file

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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