dired too SLOW

[Helen Iwahiro]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.2 (hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00, Motif Version 2.1.0)
 of 2002-02-22 on roadkill
configured using `configure  --prefix=/home/freds/local 
--host=hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00 --with-x-toolkit=motif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

dired is a LOT slower in this version to list a new directory, make whatever
was done differently an option


Recent input:
r e d - f r e e - s p a c e - 0 p <backspace> <backspace> 
p r o g r a m <return> <f1> a d i r e d <return> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <next> <next> <next> <next> 
<next> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <next> <help-echo> 
<next> <help-echo> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> 
<prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> 
<prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <next> <next> 
<next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> 
<next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <escape> b C-x C-b <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <return> <escape> b <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-b
ug>

Recent messages:
Loading view...done
Loading pp...done
Loading /home/freds/local/libexec/emacs/21.1/hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00/fns-21.1.2.el 
(source)...done
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.  C-M-v to scroll the help.
Loading apropos...done
Type C-x 4 b RET to restore the other window.  C-M-v to scroll the help.
call-interactively: Beginning of buffer [9 times]
call-interactively: End of buffer [11 times]
revert-buffer: Buffer does not seem to be associated with any file
Loading emacsbug...done