Re: Observing lags or never ending processes

[Jean Louis]

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2022-09-11 16:18]:
> > Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:36:02 +0300
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > 
> > Basically on invokation of a command, something starts happening in
> > background, preventing command to run straight, and I know that it
> > would kind of finish execution and my command would run, but it takes
> > long time. Almost always I interrupt it with C-g multiple times, then
> > I try again.
> > 
> > It can also happen during writing or normal operations. I am watching
> > CPU load, so I see CPU load increasing.
> > 
> > Just before minutes, I was doing M-% replacement and then it finds one
> > term, I answer with `y' and then it finds another one, and so on, then
> > in middle of that all findings, then something starts in background,
> > preventing me to do the work.
> 
> I suggest to begin by saying
> 
>   M-x set-variable RET garbage-collection-messages RET t RET

I see now garbage collection about 1 time of 5 when the lag is taking
place.


Jean

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