Re: hefty paused when press `g' and other commands

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> I've been experiencing this problem for some months now.
>> Nearly every time I attempt so send a news post or mail the `Ctr-c'
>> meets with an interminable hang.
>>
>> Ditto for refreshing news `Alt-g' or `g'
>>
>> Kill out with Ctr-g then follow with the same command and it works as
>> expected.
>
> I had this a lot until I upgraded to emacs 25.1 and haven't seen it so
> far since then.

I'm on the latest gnus so it may have had more to do with your server
or something. (More below about gnus versions)

> I do have a small keepalive function but that only runs when I'm at one
> of the public libraries here in Honolulu, all of which enforce very
> short timeouts.

How does that work?  You mean a function inside gnus or emacs or
something external?

> I am using Ma Gnus 0.14 (because I can't figure out where to get 0.16;
> it's very unclear just what branch is present in the emacs git repo on
> savannah).

I can tell you one thing and may have the exact dates wrong but
probably pretty close.

There is no longer a separate gnus developement.  Gnus is being
developed inside emacs now.  I think it started like that about the
release of emacs-25.  At any rate if you want the latest gnus these
days you have to get the latest emacs:

   http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=emacs

That page has instructions for getting the sources of developement
emacs from git.  It will have the very latest gnus ... or so it was
posted here a while back.