From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [levoy@cs.stanford.edu: Poor performance over DSL link] Date: 09 Sep 2002 12:34:17 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5x8z2bo3iu.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <5xelc3o4wq.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <15740.26119.925739.482991@electrolux.Stanford.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031564164 10563 127.0.0.1 (9 Sep 2002 09:36:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gerd@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oKxd-0002jz-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:36:01 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17oLXV-0005cR-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:13:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oKxe-0007M4-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oKvk-00075r-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:34:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oKvh-000759-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:34:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oKvh-000750-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 05:34:01 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id C00507C013; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:33:59 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: "Marc Levoy" In-Reply-To: <15740.26119.925739.482991@electrolux.Stanford.EDU> Original-Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7739 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7739 "Marc Levoy" writes: > Kim (and Richard), > > Thanks for the quick response. I had already seen those suggestions (turning > off XIM, and disabling scroll bars, the menu bar, and the tool bar) on a web > page. I tried all except turning off XIM, and it didn't help. > > As it happens, I finally realized (by watching the rhythm of the traffic) > that Emacs 21's software blinking cursor was causing the traffic. I disabled > it using: > > (if (fboundp 'blink-cursor-mode) > (blink-cursor-mode -1)) > > and the extra traffic disappeared. You might suggest this tweak to people > with DSL (or slower) links. We should add this to PROBLEMS. Since the other suggestions mentioned there to improve performance can be controlled via the Options->Show/Hide menu [PROBLEMS could mention that], we might consider to add a menu item for controlling the blinking cursor as well, e.g Option->Show/Hide->Blinking Cursor -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk