Re: editing a file in a subversion controlled directory makes my emacs explode (almost)

[Óscar Fuentes]

Geert Vermeiren <woozong@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 4:59:41 PM UTC+1, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
>> Geert Vermeiren <woozong@gmail.com> writes:
>> > When I open a file which is located in a subversion controlled
>> > directory (local working copy), emacs (24.5.1 on CentOs 6) seems to
>> > start doing a LOT of background stuff.
>> >
>> > It eats up processor resources, effectively making the system very
>> > sluggish, and RAM, up to and beyond physical memory (of which my
>> > machine has 32GB).
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any idea what is going on and how to solve this? 
>> 
>> Does it happen if you start emacs with
>> 
>> $ emacs -Q
>
> It doesn't look like it.. I'll leave it open overnight and see if my
> system still lives in the morning ;-)

If the problem does not happen with -Q, there is something in your
configuration file that is causing it to show. You can try this
approach to pinpoint the culprit:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23772890/how-to-find-a-bug-in-emacs-or-init-el

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