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Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:47:39 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> If I re-add international/characters it goes up a bit to
>> 0.96s, but still nowhere near the 3s I got on my big .elc file.
>> [ I wonder what makes loading my big file so slow.  ]
>> 
>> This said, there's still a factor 5-10 to get to "immediate", tho.
>
> A small price to pay for the advantages, IMO.

I think a one second startup time for "emacs -Q -nw" on a fast machine
sounds pretty horrific, myself.  Not all people live in Emacs, but
instead start and stop Emacs to do small edits to files.

It would also make using Emacs on slower, smaller mobile devices an
unsatisfying experience.

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