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From: andreasg@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Andreas Girgensohn)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: GNU emacs apropos is NOT too slow (was Re: version 19 (was BOF summary))
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Date: 5 Feb 90 00:08:35 GMT
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In article <47290@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom) writes:
>P.P.S.  One particular complaint about GNU Emacs 18.55 (and all previous
>    versions that I've used): the apropos command is nearly useless.  It
>    takes far to long to operate even on the fastest machines.  When I
>    use apropos in jove the first screen full of information is out almost
>    immediately after I type the return.  Grumble, grumble ...  (If you
>    decide to follow this point up you should probably change the subject
>    to something like ``GNU emacs apropos is too slow.'')

I disagree.  I'm using GNU Emacs 18.55 on a DEC station.  Apropos took less
than 2 seconds even for keywords like "indent".  There was no delay at all for
keywords with less information (e.g., "print").

Andreas Girgensohn
andreasg@boulder.colorado.edu