[Python-modules-team] Bug#474941: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst.el: untollerable slowness of rst.el

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

Package: python-docutils
Version: 0.4-6
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst.el


Dear Maintaners,

After filing a bugreport with a silly misprint in the subject line I am
ready for the main one ;-)

rst mode is unusable for me within emacs >= 22 (at the moment under
22.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.8)). Sample file is available
from
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-exppsy/pymvpa.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/manual.txt;hb=master

While composing email I mentioned what was different with emacs21 for me
-- flyspell wasn't enabled. After I unload-feature flyspell in 22 --
everything became fast again. (now I am left with reST Fill Dict in
minor mode list).

Also if I turn off Font lock - it gets back to speed (along with
flyspell being loaded).

I am not sure if that is inherent problem of flyspell (it works fine in
other modes) or of rst (which works fine without flyspell), or font
locking in general, so I am attributing this bugreport for now in honor
of rst.el, ie python-docutils. that would be great if you could
reproduce it on your boxes.

Thank you very much if you look at what is actually happening

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-docutils depends on:
ii  python                        2.4.4-6    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central                0.6.1      register and build utility for Pyt
ii  python-roman                  0.4-6      A module for generating/analyzing 

python-docutils recommends no packages.

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