Emacs stats

On this page some functions/commands to get some Emacs stats.
All functions are provided by Emacs 30.1 (or below) unless mentioned otherwise.
Read the docstrings for more information.

Charts

Below some interactive functions to draw charts.

chart-emacs-storage

Chart the current storage requirements of Emacs.

chart-emacs-lists

Chart out the size of various important lists.

chart-space-usage

Display a top usage chart for specified directory.

chart-file-count

Draw a chart displaying the number of different file extensions in specified directory.

chart-emacs-lists

Chart out the size of various important lists.

chart-rmail-from

If we are in an rmail summary buffer, then chart out the froms.

Processes

Below some interactive functions related to processes.

list-processes

Display a list of all processes that are Emacs sub-processes.

proced

Generate a listing of UNIX system processes.

Time related

list-timers

Display all timers.

emacs-init-time

Return a string giving the duration of the Emacs initialization.

emacs-uptime

Return a string giving the uptime of this instance of Emacs.

Versions

emacs-version

Display the Emacs version.

version

alias for emacs-version

org-version

Display the Org version.

Other info

(length (buffer-list))

Number of used buffers

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