Re: Long pauses when opening files and other operations with emacs 23. and windows 7

[Keith S.]

On Jun 16, 2:35 pm, "Keith S." <kswa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 30, 1:46 pm, "killersud...@gmail.com" <killersud...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I recently migrated towindows7 and installed emacs 23.2.1.   Many
> > operations cause emacs to stall for more than 10 seconds.  For
> > example, opening a file usually causes this.  display-about-screen
> > (ctrl-h, ctrl-a) always causes this.   ctrl-g has no effect.  Any
> > suggestions?  Emacs is basically unusable.
>
> > I have cygwin installed, but not on my path.  Nothing else special
> > about the system.
> > I have my $HOME set.
> > after looking around I tried adding (setq w32-get-true-file-attributes
> > nil) to my .emacs. No help there.
> > I am doing this with a network connection.  That doesn't seem to
> > matter.
>
> I just upgraded from emacs 22.3 to 23.2 onWindowsXP SP3, and am
> having the same problem.
>
> I do not have cygwin installed (or on my path). Even when I start
> emacs with -q to bypass all startup options, I am running into the
> same issue.
>
> I do have a network drive installed, but it's not in my path, so it
> shouldn't be responsible for the delays, unless emacs is trying to
> scan it proactively (but inappropriately).
>
> I've also noticed that the hang occurs when it goes to auto-save a
> buffer. I've tried unloading tramp, which I know caused issues with
> filename completion in the past -- no change.
>
> I could definitely use some advice on this. Meanwhile, I'll probably
> be going back to emacs22, which didn't have this problem.
>
> Keith

Just to add to my own post -- I, too, set w32-get-true-file-attributes
to nil. It helped with some operations, like filename completion, but
there are still delays when opening (reading) or writing files into
the buffer.