Re: [AC] Speed up XEmacs on X

Michael Sperber <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:17:32 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.xemacs.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Uwe Brauer <[email protected]> writes:

>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <[email protected]> writes:
>
>    > Thanks for tracking this down.  I hadn't noticed it on Linux, and Mac
>    > has been slower than Linux for a long time -- but with very long
>    > lines in a LaTeX buffer, it's been excruciatingly slow.  This patch
>    > not only makes XEmacs quite snappy, it also seems to improve
>    > font-lock accuracy for reasons I don't understand.  (But I haven't
>    > done any actual editing yet, just checked that scrolling speed and
>    > search highlighting speed have improved by nearly 2 orders of
>    > magnitude in that buffer!)
>
> That rather interests me. Can this patch be already tested, or is it in
> some pre-release directory waiting for approval?

It's in the tip of the regular XEmacs repo.  Due to migrate to -beta
next weekend.

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Regards,
Mike