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bug#30539: 26.0; `char-displayable-p' is much slower in Emacs 25 and 26
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#30539: 26.0; `char-displayable-p' is much slower in Emacs 25 and 26 |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:14:39 +0200 |
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:07:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 30539@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > Another question is whether this bug should/will affect all
> > > users or only some? If the latter then I can let users
> > > decide whether to test `char-displayable-p' (I have an
> > > option for that anyway) or whether to bind
> > > `inhibit-compacting-font-caches to `t'. If only some users
> > > are affected by the bug, do we know why? Does it have to
> > > do with the fonts they have installed, for example?
> >
> > Well, as I mentioned, I don't see it on my GNU/Linux box, so it's not
> > universal. I would guess the fonts installed is the main factor.
>
> I googled a bit for that variable, and there are a bunch of
> Emacs bugs and other posts about it. Seems like (to be
> confirmed) it is a problem only for MS Windows (?), and
> maybe only for TrueType fonts (?).
AFAIR, this isn't seen only on Windows. And yes, only some fonts need
this, if you have them installed.
bug#30539: 26.0; `char-displayable-p' is much slower in Emacs 25 and 26, Charles A. Roelli, 2018/02/28