Re: Performance degradation from long lines

[Stefan Monnier]

>> AFAIK there are *several* unrelated features that can cause very serious
>> slow downs in the presence of long lines.  So we need to attack them one
>> by one.
> "Attack" in what sense?

All the senses you mention.

> Personally, I think any real solution (as opposed to band-aids) of
> this issue should "attack" the root cause.  (Not that I'm opposed to
> having band-aids as interim solutions as long as we don't have
> anything better.)  So if someone is interested, I can describe in more
> detail the root cause for the slow redisplay in these cases.

I'll take a real solution over band-aids any day, of course.

The band-aids like so-long.el play a useful role, tho.  Not only they
provide short-term relief in the absence of a real solution, but also
they help pin-point the different root causes.


        Stefan