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26.1; prettify-symbols-mode high CPU usage in Windows 10

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From: Eduardo Duenez <e_duenez <at> hotmail.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.1; prettify-symbols-mode high CPU usage in Windows 10
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:52:23 +0000

"M-x prettify-symbols-mode" on a .tex buffer (AUCTeX major mode)
correctly prettifies symbols (Greek letters, math symbols, etc.)
However, any subsequent editing of the buffer becomes de facto
impossible because starting to type, moving, etc., results on 100%
usage of the CPU core emacs is running on for 1-3 seconds. If I
switch to another buffer or disable prettify-symbols-mode, CPU usage
eventually drops down to a typical 2%-4% during regular editing.


In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2018-05-30 built on CIRROCUMULUS
Repository revision: 07f8f9bc5a51f5aa94eb099f3e15fbe0c20ea1ea
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.17763
Recent messages:
Mark saved where search started
ad-Advice-delete-char: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *info*> [3 times]
Mark saved where search started [2 times]
Prettify-Symbols mode enabled in current buffer
Creating customization items...
Creating customization items ...done
Resetting customization items...done
Creating customization setup...done
To install your edits, invoke [State] and choose the Set operation
Prettify-Symbols mode disabled in current buffer

Configured using:
 'configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
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Message #8 received at 36183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eduardo Duenez <e_duenez <at> hotmail.com>, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36183: 26.1;
 prettify-symbols-mode high CPU usage in Windows 10
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:34:59 +0300

> From: Eduardo Duenez <e_duenez <at> hotmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:52:23 +0000
> 
> "M-x prettify-symbols-mode" on a .tex buffer (AUCTeX major mode)
> correctly prettifies symbols (Greek letters, math symbols, etc.)
> However, any subsequent editing of the buffer becomes de facto
> impossible because starting to type, moving, etc., results on 100%
> usage of the CPU core emacs is running on for 1-3 seconds. If I
> switch to another buffer or disable prettify-symbols-mode, CPU usage
> eventually drops down to a typical 2%-4% during regular editing.

Can you please send a sample file where you see this behavior?

Also, do you need to use AUCTeX for this to happen, or does it happen
even without AUCTeX, by just visiting a .tex file and activating the
prettify-symbols-mode?

Thanks.

Message #11 received at 36183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eduardo Duenez <e_duenez <at> hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#36183: 26.1;
 prettify-symbols-mode high CPU usage in Windows 10
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:11:20 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Eduardo Duenez <e_duenez <at> hotmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:52:23 +0000
>> 
>> "M-x prettify-symbols-mode" on a .tex buffer (AUCTeX major mode)
>> correctly prettifies symbols (Greek letters, math symbols, etc.)
>> However, any subsequent editing of the buffer becomes de facto
>> impossible because starting to type, moving, etc., results on 100%
>> usage of the CPU core emacs is running on for 1-3 seconds. If I
>> switch to another buffer or disable prettify-symbols-mode, CPU usage
>> eventually drops down to a typical 2%-4% during regular editing.
>
> Can you please send a sample file where you see this behavior?
>
> Also, do you need to use AUCTeX for this to happen, or does it happen
> even without AUCTeX, by just visiting a .tex file and activating the
> prettify-symbols-mode?

FWIW, I cannot reproduce that behavior with some arbitrary LaTeX file
with auctex 12.1.2 from ELPA or with the stock latex-mode.  So either
it's something specific with your LaTeX file or your configuration.

In addition to what Eli said, it would also be interesting to profile
what emacs does during editing and moving point.  For that, you could do
this:

1. M-x profiler-start RET cpu RET in the problematic LaTeX file.
2. Activate prettify-symbols-mode.
3. Edit and move point so that emacs heats your CPU.
4. M-x profiler-report RET and then M-x profiler-stop RET.

Send us the contents of the *CPU-Profiler-Report ...* buffer.

Bye,
Tassilo

Message #16 received at 36183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Eduardo Duenez <e_duenez <at> hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#36183: 26.1; prettify-symbols-mode high CPU usage in
 Windows 10
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0200

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

> In addition to what Eli said, it would also be interesting to profile
> what emacs does during editing and moving point.  For that, you could do
> this:
>
> 1. M-x profiler-start RET cpu RET in the problematic LaTeX file.
> 2. Activate prettify-symbols-mode.
> 3. Edit and move point so that emacs heats your CPU.
> 4. M-x profiler-report RET and then M-x profiler-stop RET.
>
> Send us the contents of the *CPU-Profiler-Report ...* buffer.

More information was requested, but no response was given within a few
months, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please reopen this bug report.

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