Emacs/prelude: lag in opening big files

[Vikas Rawal]

I have recently shifted to using prelude for my emacs configuration.

I am having a strange problem that I have never faced before.  When I open 
(C-f) a large file, it gets stuck for a long time. I have to wait for eternity 
before the file would open. But if I C-g and cancel the process, and do it 
again, the second time, it opens in a snap.
I have tried it with many files, and it happens each time. If a file is opened 
and closed, and I want to open it again, emacs does the same thing all over 
again. That is, slow to open first time, but opens in a snap if I C-g and start 
again.

How do I debug this? I tried to use profiler to figure out where was emacs 
stuck. Below is the main part of the report on cpu usage when I tried to open a 
large org mode file. Looks like helm is one of the culprits. Is this usual? Is 
there a way to deal with this?

Vikas




- command-execute                                                6903  57%
 - call-interactively                                            6903  57%
  - funcall-interactively                                        6575  54%
   - helm-find-files                                             6575  54%
    - helm-find-files-1                                          6575  54%
     - helm                                                      6575  54%
      - apply                                                    6575  54%
       - helm                                                    6575  54%
        - apply                                                  6575  54%
         - helm-internal                                         6575  54%
          - helm-execute-selection-action                        6103  50%
           - helm-execute-selection-action-1                     6103  50%
            - helm-find-file-or-marked                           6102  50%
             - apply                                             6102  50%
              + #<compiled 0x40bf3dad>                           6102  50%
            + helm-get-actions-from-current-source                  1   0%
          + helm-read-pattern-maybe                               470   3%
          + helm-initialize                                         1   0%
          + #<compiled 0x43fa6779>                                  1   0%
  + byte-code                                                     328   2%
- timer-event-handler                                            5047  41%
 - apply                                                         5047  41%
  - org-indent-initialize-agent                                  5042  41%
   - org-indent-initialize-buffer                                5041  41%
    - org-indent-add-properties                                  5030  41%
     - org-indent-set-line-properties                            1159   9%
        org-add-props                                               1   0%
     - org-at-item-p                                               29   0%
      + org-list-in-valid-context-p                                26   0%
       org-list-item-body-column                                    1   0%
       org-current-level                                            1   0%
       #<compiled 0x40495149>                                       1   0%
     cancel-timer                                                   1   0%
  + savehist-autosave                                               4   0%
    auto-revert-buffers                                             1   0%


Vikas