[ESS-bugs] Very long lines: Emacs "hang"

[Vitalie Spinu]

 >>> Martin Maechler on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:22:27 +0200 wrote:

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 > Now his diagnosis was that "R starts to crawl"..
 > but I found that actually, it was mainly  ESS' fault.

This is not an ESS' fault but rather an emacs' one. It's a well known
issue with emacs display of wide output. We cannot do much about it.

Note that it is about "display" not about filling in the buffer. You
should hide *R* buffer (if you can) in order to un-hang.

   Vitalie