Re: Why is Emacs so slow when used remotely?

[Russ P.]

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. At this point, I am
changing my strategy. I intend to use rsync and git to keep my home
and work computers synchronized. Then I will be able to use Emacs
locally and not worry about network delays. Maybe I should have done
this a while back, but better late than never. I just learned how to
use rsync through an ssh tunnel, and that is what I need (see my post
at comp.unix.shell on that).

I'd still like to see future versions of Emacs with improved network
performance. For whatever reason, XEmacs seems to do much better in
that regard.

Russ P.


On Sep 20, 4:20 pm, "Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I explained a few days ago, I am trying to switch from XEmacs to
> Emacs so I can use Ensime (an Emacs-based IDE for Scala). I finally
> got my .emacs file debugged, but now I am finding that Emacs seems to
> be very slow when used remotely.
>
> When I work from home, I login from one Linux machine to another using
> ssh -X over a high-speed Internet connection, using my home machine as
> an X terminal for my work machine. I am using Emacs 23.2.1 on Red Hat.
> I am finding that opening a file or switching buffers by middle-
> clicking in dired or the buffer menu takes approximately 20-30
> seconds. With XEmacs it takes less than one second. I hope I am doing
> something wrong that can be corrected, because I'll grow old sitting
> around that long every time I open a file or switch buffers. Any
> suggestions? Thanks.
>
> Russ P.