Emacs is slow opening recent files!

When opening a file directly its fast, but when I open a recent file which is activated adding the following lines in my .emacs.:

(require 'recentf)
(recentf-mode 1)
(setq recentf-max-menu-items 25)
(global-set-key "\C-x\ \C-r" 'recentf-open-files)

it takes around 2 seconds to open.

Is this a normal behavior can I do something about it?

The command I use to open recent files:

My whole .emacs:

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(tool-bar-mode nil))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "Grey15" :foreground "Grey" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 92 :width normal :foundry "outline" :family "Monaco")))))

  ;;colot theme plugin
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/")
(require 'color-theme)
(eval-after-load "color-theme"
  '(progn
     (color-theme-initialize)
     (color-theme-charcoal-black)))

  ;;YASnippets
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/plugins/yasnippet-0.6.1c")开发者_开发问答
    (require 'yasnippet) ;; not yasnippet-bundle
    (yas/initialize)
    (yas/load-directory "~/.emacs.d/plugins/yasnippet-0.6.1c/snippets")

;; disable splash screen and startup message
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)

;; set yasnippet no indent
(setq yas/indent-line 'none)

;; set the tab width
(setq default-tab-width 4)
(setq tab-width 4)
(setq c-basic-indent 4)

;; set open recent files

(require 'recentf)
(recentf-mode 1)
(setq recentf-max-menu-items 25)
(global-set-key "\C-x\ \C-r" 'recentf-open-files)

;; set line number
(global-linum-mode 1)

;; prevent emacs from making backup files
(setq make-backup-files nil) 

;; same syntax hightlight for all languages
(global-font-lock-mode 1)

;; remove bold and underline
 (mapc
  (lambda (face)
    (set-face-attribute face nil :weight 'normal :underline nil))
  (face-list))

I had problem with recentf and remote file when the remote host was gone.

(setq recentf-keep '(file-remote-p file-readable-p))

May solve your problem (remote file will be kept without testing if they still exists).

It shouldnt take that long.

One thing to do is to clean up your recent files list.

ALT+x recentf-cleanup

Another thing to do is make sure that your .emacs file is freshly compiled, if you've changed even just a character or two then Emacs will see that your .emacs file is newer than the compiled version and it wont use the compiled version.

Run this:

ALT+x byte-compile-file

Then navigate to your .emacs file and hit Enter, it will create a file named .emacs.elc

Emacs will use .emacs.elc as long as it is not older than your .emacs file