Re: shell-command-on-region takes 60 secs and huge memory for simple process

APA> David, APA> what's the version of EFS you have installed? Hi again, I wanted the information about efs, that you get from M-x pui-list-packages Here is my efs-version "1.20pre2/1.63" David> "1.19/1.63" APA> Consider upgrading to APA> Latest Installed APA> Package name Vers. Vers. Description APA> =============================================================================== APA> <lines deleted by Adrian> APA> efs 1.26 1.26 Treat files on remote systems the same as local files. APA> If you're a couple of revs behind. APA> Do is as suggested under 7. in APA> http://www.xemacs.org/Install/index.html David> So do you mean that I can download/install JUST the efs David> package, or do I have to download/install anything else? Just EFS, in the hope that you will be able to Update Package Index with the newer version of EFS. David> I'm not certain, combining what you said with what that David> page says. David> This is odd, because the "Update Package Index" operation David> completed, apparently successfully. It brought up a "File David> Save" dialog, pointing to the "etc" directory, and I OKed David> that. I also just tried doing a manual ftp of that file, David> and it also worked fine. APA> Hmmh, would you have the details still? APA> Perhaps you can find the specific paths involved via APA> M-x show-message-log David> Here is the piece from the message log from executing "List & Install": David> ------------------ David> Verifying... David> Got 82 package-get database entries David> Updated package-get database David> Entering debugger... APA> Did you get a backtrace you could send us? David> Signaling: (error "Package-get database file `/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp' not readable") David> signal(error ("Package-get database file `/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp' not readable")) David> cerror("Package-get database file `%s' not readable" "/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp") David> apply(cerror "Package-get database file `%s' not readable" "/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp") David> error("Package-get database file `%s' not readable" "/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp") David> package-get-update-base(nil t) David> package-get-require-base(t) David> #<compiled-function nil "...(137)" [pui-info-buffer pui-menu buffer-read-only sep-string start outbuf package-get-require-base t get-buffer-create "===============================================================================\n" nil message "Creating package list ..." sit-for 0 buffer-disable-undo erase-buffer kill-all-local-variables use-local-map list-packages-mode "Packages" "\nWarning: No download sites specified. Package index may be out of date.\n If you intend to install packages, specify download sites first.\n\n" " Latest Installed\n Package name Vers. Vers. Description\n" " Latest\n Package name Vers. Description\n" mapcar #<compiled-function ... "...(204)" ... 10> sort copy-sequence #<compiled-function ... "...(10)" ... 3> documentation set-buffer-modified-p pop-to-buffer delete-other-windows featurep menubar set-buffer-menubar add-submenu clear-message pui-display-keymap major-mode mode-name truncate-lines pack! David> age-get-remote pui-list-verbose package-get-base pui-selected-packages pui-deleted-packages current-menubar mode-popup-menu] 6 ("/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.3/lisp/package-ui.elc" . 13425) nil>() David> call-interactively(pui-list-packages) APA> Yes, I keep forgetting the menu changed. APA> Also, saving under ~\.xemacs\package-index.LATEST.pgp may be new. David> What do you mean by this? When I do it, it prompts me to David> save in the "etc" subdirectory of the XEmacs installation. David> Do you mean I should try saving it in $HOME/.xemacs David> instead? APA> Nah, just let us know where XEmacs wants to put the file exactly. APA> Is it something like APA> .../xemacs/xemacs-packages/etc/ APA> ? David> c:/cygwin/lib/xemacs-21.4.3/etc Yes, this makes sense. Forget me ever saying it should be under .../xemacs/xemacs-packages/etc/. David> -- David> =================================================================== David> David M. Karr ; Best Consulting David> dmkarr(a)earthlink.net ; Java/Unix/XML/C++/X ; BrainBench CJ12P (#12004) -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/