Re: Slow completion-at-point

[T.V Raman]

Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev> writes:

I've always had it set to always, and the slowness only emerged this
week -- ie when I sent the message.

> On 11/11/2023 04:48, T.V Raman wrote:
>> Dmitry Gutov<dmitry@gutov.dev>  writes:
>> Not sure if you saw my message where I tracked down the culprit:
>> The slowness in completion-at-point is triggered if
>> Completion Auto Help: Choice: Value Menu Always visible.
>> is set as above, it gets janky; if you go back to the default it
>> performs normally.
>
> This is not a new option: it's from 2008. It is somewhat natural for
> things to get slower if Emacs has to do more work - i.e. the
> completions buffer remains visible.
>
> Did the effect of this option get worse over the last week, or did you
> just try setting it to 'always' very recently?
>
> In any case, if you have a good repro for the problem, you can file a
> bug report now.
>

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