Re: [Orgmode] Re: Behavior of Gnus when called from an hyperlink

[Nick Dokos]

Sébastien Vauban <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Tassilo,
> 
> Tassilo Horn wrote:
> > Sébastien Vauban <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >> I've followed Nick's procedure, hoping to get even more details:
> >>
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >> Function Name                   Call Count Elapsed Time Average Time
> >> ...
> >> gnus-request-head               1           312.993525    312.993525
> >> gnus-activate-group             1           13.587475     13.587475
> >> gnus-group-read-group           1           7.949638      7.949638
> >> ...
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> > Looks to me that `gnus-request-head' is the culprit. Looking at the code, I
> > cannot see why that function is so slow. I'd try to edebug that to see what
> > exact part of it takes that long.
> 
> Sorry to be such a newbie on that, but I'd understood I would have to type
> `C-u C-M-x' (`edebug-defun') when on that function definition, right?
> 
> My problem is I can't access the definition, as all of Gnus is only present as
> "byte-compiled" files, located in
> 
>     /usr/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/
> 
> Is there a way, still, to debug the function, then, the way you intend it?
> 
> 

Is this because you are using the distro's package and they don't
distribute sources? There is usually a emacs-el package that installs
sources as well.

Nick