Re: Why is Emacs so slow when used remotely?

[Russ P.]

On Sep 24, 8:45 am, Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.bo...@polimi.it> wrote:
> "Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com> writes:
> > As I explained a few days ago, I am trying to switch from XEmacs to
> > Emacs so I can use Ensime (an Emacs-based IDE for Scala). I finally
> > got my .emacs file debugged, but now I am finding that Emacs seems to
> > be very slow when used remotely.
>
> > When I work from home, I login from one Linux machine to another using
> > ssh -X
>
> is sshfs not an option for you?

I looked up sshfs, and it looks interesting. Before I go to the
trouble of installing it, can anyone tell me something about its
performance and how it should be used. Would I open Emacs locally on
my home machine and edit remote files? What are the delays like?
Thanks.

Russ P.