[ESS] Delay on left-parenthesis

[Vitalie Spinu]

  >> Ken Williams <Ken.Williams at windlogics.com>
  >> on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:19:10 -0500 wrote:

  >> -----Original Message-----
  >> From: Ken Williams
  >> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:06 PM
  >> Subject: Re: [ESS] Delay on left-parenthesis
  >> 
  >> 
  >> 
  >> > -----Original Message-----
  >> > From: Vitalie Spinu
  >> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 1:55 PM
  >> > Subject: Re: [ESS] Delay on left-parenthesis
  >> >
  >> >
  >> > Way too long. It used to happen on heavy generics like print( and
  >> > plot(, but not more than 1-2 seconds for me. Does this happen to you
  >> > for other functions as well?
  >> 
  >> No, it seems to be worst on things like head().  Today, typing `head(` will
  >> result in about a 20 second delay.


  KW> And actually, plot() and print() have no perceptible delay for me.

The problem is not with retrieval then.  Try

 M-: (ess-function-arguments "head")

in your *R* buffer just artier you have started R. First invocation
retrieves the completion and caches the arguments. How long does it
take?

Do you have anything bound to ( key? If so try to unbind.

    Vitalie