# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1169921570 0 # Node ID 34fa35e88871708738b7b6c76e032a7d0a81e068 # Parent b17465653dc8a0f9cfd6f20f0a8c59089212be72 More details about disabling features that hamper performance with slow X connections. diff -r b17465653dc8 -r 34fa35e88871 etc/PROBLEMS --- a/etc/PROBLEMS Sat Jan 27 18:01:15 2007 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Sat Jan 27 18:12:50 2007 +0000 @@ -1263,7 +1263,20 @@ package. 2) If the connection is very slow, you might also want to consider - switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar. + switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar. Adding the + following forms to your .emacs file will accomplish that, but only + after the the initial frame is displayed: + + (scroll-bar-mode -1) + (menu-bar-mode -1) + (tool-bar-mode -1) + + For still quicker startup, put these X resources in your .Xdefaults + file: + + Emacs.verticalScrollBars: off + Emacs.menuBar: off + Emacs.toolBar: off 3) Use ssh to forward the X connection, and enable compression on this forwarded X connection (ssh -XC remotehostname emacs ...).