.org file load time on M1 macbook

[filthyhabits]

Hi,

I am relatively new to emacs, so please forgive the possible beginners ignorance.

I just started learning org-mode and noticed a consistent delay between hitting the find-file and the one line .org file being ready in the window.
Using (benchmark-run (find-file "file.org")) from emacs-plus without init file (-Q), I consistently get load times of 1+ seconds.
When I try this using aquamacs it's more in the 0.1-0.2 seconds range.

Is there something I might have done wrong while installing emacs-plus using brew? (brew install emacs-plus@31 --with-xwidgets --with-imagemagick)

Thnx

[d12frosted]

Is there something I might have done wrong while installing emacs-plus using brew? (brew install emacs-plus@31 --with-xwidgets --with-imagemagick)

All is good. But I think that comparison is not fair. Emacs+ is just GNU Emacs, so if you want to understand if it's Emacs+ related or not, just test with other GNU Emacs build, for example https://emacsformacos.com (you can install it using brew --cask install emacs). But make sure to compare the same version! I.e. If you are on Emacs 31, compare it to Emacs 31 build :)

Aquamacs is based on GNU Emacs 25.3, which is incredibly old version. There are so many differences between Emacs 30/31 and Emacs 25.3, there are also so many differences between Org mode bundled with Aquamacs and GNU Emacs 30+ - that all of that could easily be the culprit :)

I consistently get load times of 1+ seconds

You can also use profiler to see what exactly takes time.

[filthyhabits]

Thanks for your reply.
The emacsformacos also shows the 1 second .org file find-file benchmark results, does this mean that this is simply how much time the current emacs version needs to open .org files?
Do you also get this result for (benchmark-run (find-file "near-empty-file.org")) run from an emacs -Q?

[d12frosted]

The emacsformacos also shows the 1 second .org file find-file benchmark results, does this mean that this is simply how much time the current emacs version needs to open .org files?

Yes. At least we ruled out a few minor patches that we have in Emacs+. But other than that, Emacs+ is just GNU Emacs, while Aquamacs is something completely different even though it's based on GNU Emacs.

Do you also get this result for (benchmark-run (find-file "near-empty-file.org")) run from an emacs -Q?

Yes, I've got pretty much the same result, between 1.3 and 1.7 seconds.

I have also checked what is taking so long and it seems that it's mostly related to modules loading. I normally set the value of org-modules to '(org-id org-attach), which drastically decreases loading time from 1.5 to 0.4 seconds. If you want to tweak it even more, I suggest you searching in this direction :)