From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default of jit-lock-stealth-time Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:37:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <85tzxazb8r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85ps7wovzt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172630398 29866 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2007 02:39:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 28 03:39:51 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HMEjP-0006Tj-Cl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:39:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMEjP-0007W7-Fc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:39:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMEik-0007FW-0v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:39:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMEij-0007FE-9u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:39:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMEij-0007F7-3b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:39:09 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HMEii-00053u-Sf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:39:08 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HMEhA-00050a-Ok; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:37:32 -0500 In-reply-to: <85ps7wovzt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:17:10 +0100) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66983 Archived-At: Well, if they _are_ an annoyance, then presumably because of problematic font lock patterns, and then they will be an annoyance also using stealth fontification (namely causing high CPU drain and sluggish behavior), only a non-debuggable, non-deterministic and non-reproduceable annoyance. Does everyone agree that substantial delays result only from problematic font lock patterns? If so, I agree your conclusion follows.