IMHO if you can split the file in more than one .org file you'll get a better experience.
I've been working on machines with less than 8Gb of ram in files that are bigger than yours ( 1.2Mb org with lots of latex, R and other things ) and haven't got a trouble. One thing that 've noticed is that, if I start the whole text shown, manipulating the file is much slower than if I got only the section I'll work on at that time. You'll probably should give it a try, e.g. opening only the section you'll work on. Cheers, Leslie On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Grant Rettke <g...@wisdomandwonder.com> wrote: > Try approaching this the same way that you would prepare an ECM: > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html > > Start Emacs with a stable version of Org-Mode, without any additional > configuration. > > Is the performance what you expect? > > FWIW: two things that sped up my rather small in comparison Org-Mode files > were: > - Switching from linum to nlinum > - #+STARTUP: showeverything > > > Sincerely, > > Grant Rettke > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com > > wrote: > >> >> I'm working on an org-mode file about cancer which is 945.1kb, is >> converted to a tex file of 1.0mb and a pdf of 2.0mb with 505 pages. The >> conversion is done through this code snippet '(global-set-key (kbd >> "s-#") 'org-latex-export-to-latex)'. There is no problem with the >> conversion to tex or conversion to pdf. >> >> However, the org-mode file is increasingly slowing down and becoming >> difficult to move about within the file, and also enter new information >> within it. >> >> How then can I speed it up within the org file please? >> >> Thanks >> Sharon. >> -- >> A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk >> TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk >> Debian 8.4, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.0.95 >> > > -- Leslie H. Watter
