Hi Daniel, I have implemented a different version of the patch. Please take a look at the new variable org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties.
Regards, and thanks! - Carsten On 23.8.2013, at 11:24, Daniel Clemente <n142...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> So I would like to ask: is there a clean way to disable calls to >>> org-refresh-properties? >> >> No, that would require a patch and a config variable. >> >> - Carsten >> > > I send a patch to do this. Setting this new variable to t reduced 10 > seconds my agenda export time (down from 1 minute 6 seconds) as well > as the update. > You may add a comment about what to expect if your agenda depends on > property data. > > > diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el > index 572b797..167e7a8 100644 > --- a/lisp/org.el > +++ b/lisp/org.el > @@ -17656,6 +17656,14 @@ is not set, the tables are not re-aligned, etc." > :version "24.3" > :group 'org-agenda) > > +(defcustom org-agenda-ignore-properties nil > + "Avoid updating text properties when building the agenda. > +Properties are used for effort estimation, appointments, categories. > +If you don't use these in the agenda, set it to t and it will be faster." > + :type 'boolean > + :version "24.3" > + :group 'org-agenda) > + > (defun org-duration-string-to-minutes (s &optional output-to-string) > "Convert a duration string S to minutes. > > @@ -18017,9 +18025,11 @@ When a buffer is unmodified, it is just > killed. When modified, it is saved > ;; this is only run for setting agenda tags from setup > ;; file > (org-set-regexps-and-options))) > - (org-refresh-category-properties) > - (org-refresh-properties org-effort-property 'org-effort) > - (org-refresh-properties "APPT_WARNTIME" 'org-appt-warntime) > + (unless org-agenda-ignore-properties > + (org-refresh-category-properties) > + (org-refresh-properties org-effort-property 'org-effort) > + (org-refresh-properties "APPT_WARNTIME" 'org-appt-warntime) > + ) > (setq org-todo-keywords-for-agenda > (append org-todo-keywords-for-agenda org-todo-keywords-1)) > (setq org-done-keywords-for-agenda >