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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2011-09-24 11:27:18 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2011-09-24 11:27:18 -0700
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* etc/PROBLEMS: Very long lines being slow is a known issue.
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@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@ This can happen with CVS versions 1.12.8 and 1.12.9. Upgrade to CVS
** Miscellaneous problems
+*** Editing files with very long lines is slow.
+
+For example, simply moving through a file that contains hundreds of
+thousands of characters per line is slow, and consumes a lot of CPU.
+This is a known limitation of Emacs with no solution at this time.
+
*** Emacs uses 100% of CPU time
This is a known problem with some versions of the Semantic package.