The uploaded file test5.txt has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5/test5.txt size: 13 bytes md5: d16ef83d834e42ac28d46ae870f929a2 No action is required on your part Request entered by: KNORR (Torsten Knorr) Request entered on: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:15:44 GMT Request completed: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:17:25 GMT Thanks, -- ...

...> Can you compare the time it takes to visit the file when you type "C-x C-f" with what happens when you type this instead: M-: (find-file "W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c") RET still the same Also, do you happen to know if this was significantly faster in previous Emacs versions? this: GNU Emacs...

...> Can you compare the time it takes to visit the file when you type "C-x C-f" with what happens when you type this instead: M-: (find-file "W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c") RET still the same Also, do you happen to know if this was significantly faster in previous Emacs versions? this: GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5....

... to see if there are files in the directory that match what you typed so far. Can you compare the time it takes to visit the file when you type "C-x C-f" with what happens when you type this instead: M-: (find-file "W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c") RET Also, do you happen to know if this was significantly faster in previous Emacs versions?

... pig slow. I noted the find-file takes veeeery long (15 seconds) time to complete. Another factor is that the file is quite deep in the directory structure namely: W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c Which version of Emacs is that? 22.2.1 Also, did you type the above long file name literally, or did you use ...

... pig slow. I noted the find-file takes veeeery long (15 seconds) time to complete. Another factor is that the file is quite deep in the directory structure namely: W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c Which version of Emacs is that? 22.2.1 Also, did you type the above long file name literally, or did you use TAB-completion ...

... slow. I noted the find-file takes veeeery long (15 seconds) time to complete. Another factor is that the file is quite deep in the directory structure namely: W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c Which version of Emacs is that? Also, did you type the above long file name literally, or did you use TAB-completion somewhere along the way? If the ...

... pig slow. I noted the find-file takes veeeery long (15 seconds) time to complete. Another factor is that the file is quite deep in the directory structure namely: W:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\dir5\dir6\dir7\dir8\dir9\dirA\dirB\dirC\file.c Other editors did not expose the behavior. Was not sure what is the reason I just run the filemon to find out what emacs is doing exactly. ...

.../id/K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5 Net::FTP=GLOB(0x843e16c)<<< 150 Opening BINARY mode .../id/K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5/test5.txt Net::FTP=GLOB(0x843e16c)<<< 150 Opening .../id/K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5/test5.txt Net::FTP=GLOB(0x843e16c)<<< 213 20080223091725 .../id/K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5/test5.txt Net::FTP=GLOB(0x843e16c)<<< 213 20080223091725...

.../Dir4 local dirs : TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5 NO such attribute : _item NO such ...K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5 Net::FTP=GLOB(0x83c3b98)<<< 150 Opening ...K/KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5/test5.txt remote dirs: /authors/id/K.../KN/KNORR/Remote/TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5 local files: TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir1/.../Dir4 local dirs: TestA/TestB/TestC/Dir5 ok All tests successful. Files=1,...