Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : explain-pause-mode-el Version : 0.2~dev~gitsnapshot Upstream Author : Lin Xu <[email protected]> * URL : https://github.com/lastquestion/explain-pause-mode * License : GPL2+ (appears to be GPL3+ effective) Programming Lang: elisp Description : Emacs major mode for session profiling and the identification of poorly performing code
I'm filing this RFP since another team member mentioned that it looked useful. Obviously I agree, and this looks like something that should be in Debian. If someone else doesn't adopt this bug I expect I'll package it later this year. So what does it do? Explain-pause-mode is an Emacs major mode that provides simple profiling of an Emacs session; it displays the following data in columns: Command [name], slow, avg ms, ms, calls. "Slow" marks the top offenders for things that are keeping Emacs' single thread busy and/or are causing latency spikes with interactivity (thus degrading the user experience and/or making the UI unusable with a combination of hard-blocking and/or stuttering echoing of input). It uses a numerical system that I haven't yet found a definition for, where "0" presumably correlates to "not an issue", "1" maybe and issue, "2" definitely and issue, and so on. "Avg ms, ms" is presumably how long the call took, and calls is the number of times the command was called since profiling was initiated. This software is useful for an average Emacs end user who wonders what is causing the experience with their favourite editor to be less than stellar. It simplifies benchmark.el into something analogous to a process monitor that provides an answer to "what is making Emacs slow, and for how long, and how often?" The ability to effortlessly identify poorly performing functions will also provide Debian maintainers with user-facing problems that can be solved with upstream MRs/PRs--said another way, clear opportunities for upstream contributions. Best, Nicholas
