There must be something more than this. I sometimes work on a similar size file on an HP Chromebook using emacs in a Crouton installation and have no problems at all with speed. It is a nox emacs installation, if that matters.
Alan On 11 July 2016 at 08:34, John Kitchin <johnrkitc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find it sometimes helpful to narrow to a section in large documents. > > > On July 10, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Leo Noordhuizen <leo.noordhui...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Yes. You obviously have ample resources in that area! > > Op zo 10 jul. 2016 21:05 schreef Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com > >: > >> Leo Noordhuizen <leo.noordhui...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > Maybe an (too ?) obvious suggestion: Get more memory ? >> >> I'm working on a computer with 16g of ram and 31g of swap, which would >> be adequate for almost anything I think. At the moment getting more ram >> isn't a viable option, I have to stick with what I've already got. >> >> Thanks >> Sharon. >> > >> > On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 at 16:37 Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm working on an org-mode file about cancer which is 945.1kb, is >> > converted to a tex file of 1.0mb and a pdf of 2.0mb with 505 pages. >> The >> > conversion is done through this code snippet '(global-set-key (kbd >> > "s-#") 'org-latex-export-to-latex)'. There is no problem with the >> > conversion to tex or conversion to pdf. >> > >> > However, the org-mode file is increasingly slowing down and becoming >> > difficult to move about within the file, and also enter new >> information >> > within it. >> > >> > How then can I speed it up within the org file please? >> > >> -- >> A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk >> TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk >> Debian 8.4, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.0.95 >> > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
