... 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...

... 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-nt5.1.2600) of 2004-03-10...

... dovrebbe riequilibrare il tutto.... !  Ecco... adesso dimmi tu...? Il termine tecnico e' "puttanata". Se vuoi, ti posso procurare anche l'opinione di un primario, ma so gia' quel che dira' :-) Leonardo , ma tu sei un medico ? O stai studiando qualcosa del genere ? No, ma ho una ottima memoria, e un vasto giro di conoscenze: ad esempio il primario di cui sopra e' mio padre...

... riequilibrare il tutto.... !  Ecco... adesso dimmi tu...? Il termine tecnico e' "puttanata". Se vuoi, ti posso procurare anche l'opinione di un primario, ma so gia' quel che dira' :-) Leonardo -- Enough, enough!  But stranger, ere we part, Glancing farewell to each nefarious bier, This warning would I beg you take to heart: There is an end to e'en the worst ...

... 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?

... , dovrebbe riequilibrare il tutto.... ! Ecco... adesso dimmi tu...? Il termine tecnico e' "puttanata". Se vuoi, ti posso procurare anche l'opinione di un primario, ma so gia' quel che dira' :-) Leonardo -- Enough, enough! But stranger, ere we part, Glancing farewell to each nefarious bier, This warning would I beg you take to heart: There is an end to e'en the worst career!

... 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 somewhere along 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 somewhere along the way? If ...

...-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 latter, please tell ...

... 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. And here you go - there...