More details about disabling features that hamper performance with slow

X connections.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index aede0f7c1d2..eb7dffe41ab 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -1263,7 +1263,20 @@ be carried out at the same time:
    package.
 
 2) If the connection is very slow, you might also want to consider
-   switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar.
+   switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar.  Adding the
+   following forms to your .emacs file will accomplish that, but only
+   after the the initial frame is displayed:
+
+    (scroll-bar-mode -1)
+    (menu-bar-mode -1)
+    (tool-bar-mode -1)
+
+   For still quicker startup, put these X resources in your .Xdefaults
+   file:
+
+    Emacs.verticalScrollBars: off
+    Emacs.menuBar: off
+    Emacs.toolBar: off
 
 3) Use ssh to forward the X connection, and enable compression on this
    forwarded X connection (ssh -XC remotehostname emacs ...).