Re: High CPU load after pressing arbitrary key (mostly in C mode)

[Michal Sojka]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> Michal> Hi all, I experience a weird a problem. It appears more or less
> Michal> randomly, typically after using emacs for several hours. The
> Michal> responsiveness of emacs starts to be very slow. Whenever I press
> Michal> a key, for example to type some character, it appears on the
> Michal> screen in let say half a second. By pressing several keys fast,
> Michal> the CPU load goes to 100%.
> 
> Maybe you're using a mode that doesn't properly clean after itself,
> for instance doesn't set markers to nil?

This sounds like a useful tip, thanks. I'll try to check for markers
when the problem appears again.

-Michal