> I see a significant delay when I start M-x gdb, where the *gdb* > buffer is shown with most of the gdb's startup output displayed, except for > the prompt. After about 10s, the prompt finally shows up. > > I suspect it's due to the new feature "go through all buffers and ask the > gdb subprocess whether it should be put in gud-gdb-minor-mode". I have many > buffers open, so I guess this loop takes a while. > > Would it be possible to "do it in the background", maybe?
I'm not sure what you mean. GDB runs asynchronously from Emacs, so all commands sent to it *do* run in the background. Maybe, because there is so much input and output, you can't get the prompt so it feels like its running in foreground. Presumably a lot of your buffers aren't visible which makes me wonder whether its possible to have a when-buffer-becomes-visible-hook? A more practical solution might be to limit the number of buffers/files (its probably the latter which takes most time) that Emacs considers. Clearly, what is a sensible number would depend on the speed of the computer (I think that perhaps you have a clunky machine). Generally, how many buffers do you have open with files in them? Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
