From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:52:48 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068568249 27619 80.91.224.253 (11 Nov 2003 16:30:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 17:30:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJbPh-0004fU-00 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:30:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJbuc-0007zC-IF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:02:42 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1068565968 132.204.24.42 (Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:52:48 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:52:48 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118121 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14062 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14062 > Some of us actually have to pay for our electricity. Some of us care > that leaving a computer running continuously spews carbon dioxide into > the atmosphere (fuelling global warming) and creates radioactive waste. > We switch our computers off when not in use. I often boot my computer > several times a day. Why not `suspend' it ? [ Incidentally: does anybody here have experience configuring a Linux desktop machine to behave "a bit like a laptop" and turn off its drive when not used, ... This is not only to save power but to save my ears as well. ] > But I don't like leaving Emacs running, even when my PC is on. You see, > jit-lock runs continuously in the background, consuming vast amounts of > CPU usage, thus contributing even more to global warming, et al. Not continuously: only until it's all been re-font-lock'd. And if you don't like it, you can turn off the background jit-locking by setting jit-lock-stealth-time to nil. Stefan