Re: Speed kills -- 21.5 users will live a very long life.

|--==> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: SJT> First, did you reboot, then run cold and hot timings? No. I suppose a fairer test would have been: xemacs -kill && time xemacs -kill SJT> Second, if not, were there other instances running? No. SJT> Third, what is your platform? x86 GNU/Linux ,----[ uname -r ] | 2.6.0-test11-sy `---- ,----[ /proc/cpuinfo ] | processor : 0 | vendor_id : AuthenticAMD | cpu family : 5 | model : 8 | model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor | stepping : 12 | cpu MHz : 411.525 | cache size : 64 KB | fdiv_bug : no | hlt_bug : no | f00f_bug : no | coma_bug : no | fpu : yes | fpu_exception : yes | cpuid level : 1 | wp : yes | flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow k6_mtrr | bogomips : 811.00 `---- ,----[ from /proc/meminfo ] | MemTotal: 78704 kB `---- SJT> Fourth, are you connected to the net (those times look to me SJT> like you're blocking on a net look up Yes, I have a 24/7 ADSL connection. SJT> you wouldn't happen to have gnus stuff in your init.el)? Yes, but that's not where the biggest slow down is. I'm getting murdered in fonts and faces etc. SJT> It really would help if you could give more information about SJT> what's going on in your initialization here. Surely something SJT> is horribly slow for you in 21.5, but unless you tell me I SJT> won't know.... You can get to all my initialisation files, including Gnus, here: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/sryoungs/XEmacs/> The biggest slow down that I can see is in: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/sryoungs/XEmacs/init-files/fonts-sy.html> -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: A94B3003>---| | XEmacs - The only _______ you'll ever need. | | Fill in the blank, yes, it's THAT good! | |------------------------------&lt;sryoungs(a)bigpond.net.au&gt;---|