Re: auctex startup improvements and osx

[Joost Kremers]

ivowel@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I am running Gnu Emacs 24.5.1 on OSX Yosemite, binary download from
> http://emacsformacosx.com/ . when auctex is installed (via standard
> package-list-packages), version 11.88.5, i.e., into the .emacs.d/elpa
> directory, then auctex is loaded when a .tex file is visited, even in
> the absence of an init.el. good.
>
> problem: starting emacs on a retina i7 iMac to edit a latex source
>file now takes about 5 seconds on an empty or 1-page latex article.
>during this time, the emacs bottom states "For information about the
>Gnu System..." for these 5 seconds, and then it proceeds as expected.
>No errors or warnings. Just slow.

There was a similar question on the AUCTeX mailing list just last week:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex/2015-04/msg00022.html

I haven't followed the entire thread, but perhaps your problem is related?



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