From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Defun Self Documentation Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:58:56 +0200 Message-ID: <83r1p68znj.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12619"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 06 12:59:22 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0Oo-0003Bc-11 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 12:59:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35358 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0On-00044M-3c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:59:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0OP-00044F-Br for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0OP-0002vA-3K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1177 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kb0OO-0007Zw-Cf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:58:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Anders Munch on Fri, 6 Nov 2020 09:10:52 +0000) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:125062 Archived-At: > From: Anders Munch > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 09:10:52 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> > (setq show-paren-delay 0) <<<<<<<<< questionable > >> > >> ? > > > > You are suggesting someone else to use your personal preferences without > > explaining your reasons for not liking the default value. > > The reason for why the current default value is bad: It creates a disconnect > between the user action (moving point) and the observable result (paren > highlight). Thanks for explaining your reasoning, but let's not forget that setting that to zero has a downside: if one types fast, it will slow down redisplay by delaying the response to the typing. > The default of 0.125 seconds is on the wrong side of Jakob Nielsen's reactivity > limit: > https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/ Works perfectly for me, for many years, FWIW. But of course, this is personal, which is why it is a user option.