>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull
<turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
Stephen> Chris, do you have the progress bar enabled? It may not matter if
Stephen> it's invisible, depending on where those flags are getting set. (NB:
Stephen> Matt Tucker's password buffer bug is a background font-lock problem.)
For what it's worth, I also have this problem with very slow saving of
options.el after I've customized something. The weird part is that it
isn't always slow.
Customize something, Press save->very slow save, and 100% CPU. Press
C-g. Press save again->fast save.
Ray