Why I've switched to emacs

Not flamebait. I'm frustrated by some slowdowns in xemacs. I'm using Value: "21.5 (beta28) \"fuki\" XEmacs Lucid" This is on fedora f7 x86_64. The problem is, a number of operations are _ridiculously_ slow. Primarily, this is reading a directory in dired. Also, starting shell. This is not a new problem, but has been true for approximately 1-2 years. Here is my config: uname -a: Linux nbecker5 2.6.21-1.3163.fc7 #1 SMP Tue May 15 20:35:22 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ./configure '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--target=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man/man1' '--with-archlibdir=/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b28/x86_64-redhat-linux' '--with-moduledir=/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b28/x86_64-redhat-linux/modules' '--with-lispdir=/usr/share/xemacs-21.5-b28/lisp' '--with-etcdir=/usr/share/xemacs-21.5-b28/etc' '--with-system-packages=/usr/share/xemacs' '--without-msw' '--with-mule' '--with-clash-detection' '--with-database=no' '--without-ldap' '--without-postgresql' '--with-mail-locking=lockf' '--with-pop' '--without-hesiod' '--with-pdump' '--with-debug' '--with-error-checking=none' '--! with-docdir=/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b28/doc' '--with-xft=all' '--with-athena=next' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-xim=xlib' '--without-wnn' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -fno-strict-aliasing' XEmacs 21.5-b28 "fuki" configured for `x86_64-redhat-linux'. Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults: Source code location: /home/nbecker/RPM/BUILD/xemacs-21.5.28 Installation prefix: /usr Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Not using any machine description file Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12) - GCC specs file: specs. - Compiler command: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wunused-parameter -g -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -fno-strict-aliasing libc version: glibc-2.6-4 glibc-2.6-4 Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: - X Windows libraries location: /usr/lib64 - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. - Using fontconfig to manage fonts. - Compiling in support for Xft antialiased fonts (EXPERIMENTAL). Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/neXtaw - Athena library to link: neXtaw Using Lucid menubars. - Using Xft to render antialiased fonts in menubars. WARNING: This feature will be replaced with a face. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. - Using Xft to render antialiased fonts in tab controls. WARNING: This feature will be replaced with a face. - Using Xft to render antialiased fonts in progress bars. WARNING: This feature will be replaced with a face. WARNING: This feature not yet implemented; setting ignored. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Compiling in support for ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture). Databases: Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Compiling in support for Canna on Mule. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Compiling in support for "lockf" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the new GC mark algorithms (KKCC). WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: The new algorithms are experimental. They are enabled by WARNING: default for this release. Use `--disable-kkcc' to WARNING: turn it off. WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- Using the new portable dumper. Dumping into executable. Compiling in support for extra debugging code. _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta