GNU bug report logs - #77961
31.0.50; Rendering HTML email is very slow since commit #eab14d68b2e72b9a6b8b0cc67c9667c2bfbed4f5

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Message #76 received at 77961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, yantar92 <at> posteo.net, inigoserna <at> gmx.com,
 77961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77961: 31.0.50; Rendering HTML email is very slow since
 commit #eab14d68b2e72b9a6b8b0cc67c9667c2bfbed4f5
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:13:37 +0300

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>,  yantar92 <at> posteo.net,
>   inigoserna <at> gmx.com,  77961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:57:51 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> > Looking into reverse call tree (B), I see that
> >> >
> >> >         1874  33% + set-window-configuration
> >> >
> >> > takes 1/3 of CPU cycles. Looking into its source, it does deal with
> >> > glyph matrices. So, it is the suspect, judging from the submitted
> >> > profiler report.
> >> 
> >> Thanks, indeed.
> >> 
> >> Which I also find weird. Why is that done in the first place?
> >
> > If the comment in set-window-configuration before it messes with glyph
> > matrices doesn't answer this question, maybe Martin (CC'ed) can help us
> > understand the reason?
> 
> Thanks, but I meant why does shr so many set-window-configuration calls.

It calls save-window-excursion.  It does that because it performs
layout in Lisp, so it needs to futz with the selected window's
settings.

I believe if you set shr-use-fonts to nil, this will be avoided.  (But
the layout will be less pretty when using variable-pitch fonts.)

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