On 2018-10-11, at 08:48, Michael Welle <mwe012...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello, > > Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> writes: > >> On 2018-10-08, at 09:20, Michael Welle <mwe012...@gmx.net> wrote: > [...] >>> Well, on my laptop the initial agenda run takes about 7s or so (150 >>> agenda files) using the current day/week agenda ("a"). All subsequent >>> (after loading the files) agenda runs are fast (split second I would >>> say). I had some performance issues in the past caused by SCM. Emacs >>> tried to check if every file is checked out in the latest version. That >>> slowed down the process a lot (starting 150 mercurial processes in >>> sequential order, checking results, etc.). The initial run doesn't >>> bother me much. I bound the initial agenda run to an idle timer at Emacs >>> start. >> >> Interesting. I did not notice such differences between the first and >> subsequent runs. > I thought that behaviour is natural, scanning dirs for files and opening > them is a costly operation. But a week ago I changed from rotating rust > to solid state disks and that behaviour did not change much. I expected > a speed up, but mee. Ah, I have /visiting/ all my agenda files (but not generating the agenda itself) in my init.el. That explains a lot. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl