From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Loading when viewing docstring of autoloaded function
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr4t52t90.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pq8pixsn.fsf@gmail.com> ("Štěpán Němec"'s message of "Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:22:00 +0200")
> Other than the fact that this is not a solution but workaround, I don't
> like the idea. Loading may be fast, but the loaded libraries use memory
> and change the environment, which seems too much to pay for a docstring
> or seeing a proper key binding (which you might never want to actually
> use) to me.
I'd bet you'd never notice the difference unless you were actively
looking for it.
> So if you do this, please at least do provide an option to turn it off.
If you do bump into a problem because of it, I'd be happy to accept
a patch from you (assuming you'd sign the required copyright paperwork,
of course).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-24 5:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-23 9:44 Loading when viewing docstring of autoloaded function Chong Yidong
2012-06-23 13:07 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-02 15:47 ` Samuel Bronson
2012-07-02 16:13 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-02 16:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-02 17:20 ` Samuel Bronson
2012-07-02 18:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-06-23 14:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-06-23 20:22 ` Štěpán Němec
2012-06-24 5:09 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-06-24 6:25 ` Leo
2012-06-24 6:39 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-24 9:03 ` Chong Yidong
2012-06-24 14:38 ` Andreas Röhler
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