From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Syntax Highlighting Latency in Emacs Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:13:44 +0100 Organization: sometimes Message-ID: <7eacsjd5h3.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102857914 27079 80.91.229.6 (12 Dec 2004 13:25:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:25:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 12 14:25:07 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CdTil-0003pe-00 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:25:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CdTso-0001ip-8i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 08:35:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ada2.unipv.it Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1102857223 15106 193.204.44.145 (12 Dec 2004 13:13:43 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:13:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nQy3BSzoD8H7rnc4SV1hiK64i/c= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127260 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22691 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22691 jab3 writes: > My system is a P4 2Ghz with 256M RAM. 1/10th the clock frequency but i don't see a lag. maybe my mind is the limiting rate, i don't want to nag. though it's true that accessing files over miles is a drag, they stay, once in core, w/ vars set just right, in the bag. but what vars are just right to write in the init file? does init mean restart mean context lost to the wild? what's context but preference, a variation of style? do programmers fall fashion victim, yet dress as a child? well, emacs has always supported tweaks up the wazoo. no desire once shared to its programmers is taboo. though not answering directly (for which i hope you won't sue), maybe {in,this} time you'll become an emacs programmer, too. thi