Re: doc-view.el --- View PDF/PostStript/DVI files in Emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

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>> Well, why do you think you have to wait?  Go on with your work and
>> eventually the *DocView* buffer pops up.  (That's much better in the
>> current version now.)

> The convert process seems very resource hungry as my Powerbook G4
> slows to a crawl (and is basically unusable) when I'm converting a
> large (2MB) PDF file. On small PDF's, it's still usable (but slow). I
> thought that a batch option would provide an alternative that might
> not be as intrusive.

Think about it hard: since you can do other things in Emacs in the mean
time, it's already running "in the background".  If your G4 becomes
basically unusable, the best guess is that the conversion process uses up
all disk and memory resources, in which case there's not much you can do:
even lowering its CPU-priority will not buy you much responsiveness.


        Stefan