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Re: [h-e-w] NTEmacs, producing a file of "\xff".
From: |
Dr Francis J. Wright |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] NTEmacs, producing a file of "\xff". |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:15:05 -0000 |
From: "Bill Pringlemeir" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:48 AM
Subject: [h-e-w] NTEmacs, producing a file of "\xff".
>
> "GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-msvc-nt4.0.1381) of 2002-03-19 on BILL"
>
> If I try to create a file of "\xff", emacs becomes very slow! For
> example, the following keys "<Esc> 5 2 4 2 8 8 <C-Q> 2 5 5 <return>"
> will start to consume an enormous amount of CPU time. It is next to
> impossible to move around in the file (or do anything).
>
> I was trying to create a "blank" flash image. I was rather astounded
> at the amount of CPU time this took. I think that this is actually
> "\xad", because emacs is using octal and not decimals for quoted
> values. Why is it so slow?
>
> Regards,
> Bill Pringlemeir.
Perhaps it was trying to fontify. Was the buffer in a mode that has
font-lock enabled?
Francis
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, (continued)
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/14
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/14
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Richard Stallman, 2004/02/16
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/16
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/17
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/17
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/17
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/17
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/18
- [h-e-w] NTEmacs, producing a file of "\xff"., Bill Pringlemeir, 2004/02/17
- Re: [h-e-w] NTEmacs, producing a file of "\xff".,
Dr Francis J. Wright <=
- Re: [h-e-w] NTEmacs, producing a file of "\xff"., Bill Pringlemeir, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Richard Stallman, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Harald Maier, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Jason Rumney, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/02/18
- Re: [h-e-w] Current word on binaries, Harald Maier, 2004/02/14