Re: replace regex takes long

[Gary Wessle]

Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:

> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
> 
> > Am 15.04.2006 um 23:29 schrieb Gary Wessle:
> > 
> > > M-x query-replace-regex <RET> +<RET><ONE SPACE>
> > > the file size is 4162111 with 77000 lines on PentiumIII 500, it has
> > > been 10 minutes so I opened another emacs processor to write and
> > > post this.
> > > is there a problem with my command and why it is taking that long?
> > 
> > Yes, because the command needs your co-operation. And if you don't
> > press "yes" no change will be made.
> 
> if fact I forget to say that I did hit ! which means "replace all"
with M-x regex-replace it shows (replaced 304172 occurrences) and it
is taking more than 5 minutes now and still have not finished the
task.