Emacs can freeze for seconds when scroll-down-line is called multiple times if the buffer contains a lot of text properties. I noticed this when using lsp-mode for C++. To reproduce the issue without lsp-mode, execute this elisp command with M-:, this will add a face to operators: (font-lock-add-keywords 'c++-mode '(("[][~!^&\|<>:=,.\\+*/%-]" 0 'error))) Also, bind scroll-down-line to a key, like shift-up: (global-set-key (kbd "") 'scroll-down-line) Then, put the attached example.cpp into a c++ buffer, move the point to the bottom, then press and hold shift-up. Emacs will update the window for several scroll events, but after that it won't update the screen for a while. Even after shift-up is released, Emacs needs several seconds to be interactive again. 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