`lookup-syntax-properties' already is nil so that is not the problem. I'm
surprised that noone else has complained. The slowdown was quite egregious.
I backed down to the prior sumo and thinsg seem better. Now I have to find
time to narrow down the problem.
>>>> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<jake.colman(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Jake> I am leaning now towards it being
a problem with the latest
Jake> set of packages. Since we primarily edit C++ files, I'd
Jake> guess that something is wrong with the latet cc-mode.
SJT> Check the value of `lookup-syntax-properties'. If non-nil, try
SJT> forcing to nil.
SJT> If that speeds things up but breaks cc-mode, we'll need to ask Ben
SJT> Wing. Stuff that uses the extent processing code is known to be slow,
SJT> but it's as yet unknown whether it's the "stuff" or the
extents.
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