From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cursor stopping Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:45:15 +0200 Message-ID: <837fyeau44.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417275954 4034 80.91.229.3 (29 Nov 2014 15:45:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:45:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 29 16:45:47 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XukDS-0002zS-Gm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 16:45:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47995 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XukDS-0004Wk-3Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 10:45:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36848) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XukD5-0004Vk-RL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 10:45:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XukCz-0004B4-Jo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 10:45:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:58977) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XukCz-0004As-Bl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 10:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NFT00D004UOLU00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:42:46 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NFT00D944ZAX000@mtaout28.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:42:46 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.184 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101296 Archived-At: > From: michal panoch > Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:58:29 +0100 > > while "scrolling" in a plaintext file (meaning just holding right arrow) > is it normal, that the cursor stops for a little bit after moving approx. 100 > times? > > does it have something to do with auto save or such like? > > or is there a way to debug such a behavior? Could be garbage collection. Type M-x set-variable RET garbage-collection-messages RET t RET and see if Emacs displays "Garbage collecting...done" in the echo area.