From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs flickers periodically
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:56:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o9tmzpiw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6210966a-07cc-f16d-b63f-7b91616713e9@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:51:37 +0300)
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:51:37 +0300
>
> On 6/17/17 1:48 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > Actually, Emacs flickers on a TTY more frequently than in GUI frames,
> > because certain changes on display require that the entire TTY frame
> > be redrawn.
>
> Couldn't that actually be beneficial?
Beneficial in what sense? Users are generally annoyed by flickering,
especially when most or all of the display doesn't change.
> As long as it's never redrawn in an inconsistent state.
AFAIK, Emacs never redraws display in inconsistent state (barring
bugs, of course).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-17 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-16 16:59 Emacs flickers periodically Narendra Joshi
2017-06-17 9:30 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-17 14:06 ` Narendra Joshi
2017-06-17 15:01 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-17 17:03 ` Narendra Joshi
2017-06-17 9:42 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-06-17 9:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-17 10:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-06-17 10:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-17 10:51 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-06-17 11:28 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-17 14:04 ` Narendra Joshi
2017-06-17 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-06-17 18:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-06-17 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-17 19:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-06-17 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-17 15:21 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-17 14:04 ` Narendra Joshi
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