Re: Is xemacs' etags.el really "better and faster"?
Jeff Mincy <jeff(a)delphioutpost.com> writes:
FWIW, I just upgraded to 21.4.3 (more or less painlessly).
21.4.3 seems zippier and snazzier than 21.1.13, with the exception
of tags lookup. Tag lookup is way slower for me, borderline
annoying. I have tags-build-completion-table turned off. But I
don't think that is causing the problem. 21.1.13 found 'find-tag'
instantly, 21.4.3 took 10-15 seconds to find the same tag and using
the same tag tables.
Snazzier certainly. Zippier I find very hard to believe. There have
been numerous complaints about fontifying and about cc-mode. I think
the startup code is probably slower in 21.4 also. Can you tell me
what you think is faster and tell me what your platform is and what
your configuration options are?
- vin
PS. I'm still mostly using 21.1 on Linux myself, although I build 21.4
and 21.5 regularly and occasionally use them. On NT I'm using 21.4
and my impression there is very favorable. What I'm trying to point
out is my impressions on performance could be way off base, but I'd
like to know what your impressions are.