On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:25 AM, Matt Lundin wrote: > I've been navigating the org-issues file (14000+ lines) and have found > movement within the file to be fairly slow. Sometimes Emacs will lock up > for several seconds. > > For instance, to move from the level one heading "* Other" to "* Closed > issues" when the outline is folded takes over three seconds: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > next-line 1 3.015289 3.015289 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >
Wow, this is really bad. Could you use elp and instrument org, outline, and font-lock, and do that motion and report the results? > In my experience, the maximum workable size of org files is around > 10,000 lines. Beyond that, Emacs starts to spin its wheels. Not good at all. - Carsten > > Do others have the same experience? If so, does anyone have any tips on > how to diagnose this further? > > (insert "\n" emacs-version) > 23.3.1 > > (insert "\n" org-version) > 7.5 > > Best, > Matt > > > - Carsten
