Re: emacs' TAB completions slower than bash's?

[Eli Zaretskii]

On 20 Mar 2002, Dan Jacobson wrote:

> OK, load up emacs with 20 different buffers, do C-x b TAB
> The first time one does this, it seems mighty slow.  If one does it
> again, it is real fast.  Processor: P166.
> 
> Ok, now in bash
> $ bla bla /dev/ttySR<TAB>
> Display all 512 possibilities? (y or n) y

Please compare the Bash completion with "C-x C-f TAB", not "C-x b TAB".  
The latter doesn't work on files, but on buffers, so you are comparing 
apples with oranges.