Re: font-lock-after-change function unbearably slow; Benchange?

-- Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com&gt; spake thusly: > what does the passwd.el fix do? Index: passwd.el =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/libs/xemacs-base/passwd.el,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 --- passwd.el 2000/10/17 14:27:25 1.9 +++ passwd.el 2001/01/26 22:10:38 1.10 ＠＠ -281,7 +281,9 ＠＠ ;; passwd might have been typed and backspaced over.) (interactive) (widen) - (let ((s (* (buffer-size) 3))) + ;; This runs much faster if font-lock is disabled + (let ((s (* (buffer-size) 3)) + (font-lock-mode nil)) (erase-buffer) (while (> s 0) (insert ?\000) This could theoretically be backed out, but I'm not sure there's a need. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1.2 Type: application/pgp-signature Encoding: 7bit