From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Peter Neidhardt <pe.neidhardt@googlemail.com>
Cc: 28945@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 22:35:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83a80hac80.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871slt64v1.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Peter Neidhardt on Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:28:34 +0100)
> From: Peter Neidhardt <pe.neidhardt@googlemail.com>
> Cc: 28945@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:28:34 +0100
>
>
> > I notice it when I resume typing during the time desktop.el
> > auto-saves. The response to my typing is "sluggish", because once the
> > timer function starts running, it runs to completion, before Emacs
> > notices I typed something and responds.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong:
>
> - If you keep using Emacs for hours (that is "typing/moving the point
> around") without taking a 30 sec break, then the timer won't trigger
> the desktop saving. Right?
Right.
> - The sluggishness would only be noticed if you happen to do nothing for
> more than `desktop-auto-save-timeout' but for less than
> desktop-auto-save-timeout + "time needed for saving". It seems
> improbable that this happens _often_.
It happens quite often to me. Believe it or not, I tend to think a
lot when I type in Emacs ;-) 30 sec is not such a long period for
thinking about your next word or phrase or implementation detail.
> - I've used desktop-mode for years and I've never noticed any
> sluggishness as it takes less than a fraction of a second to save.
> I've had crappy computers, but admitedly most of them had an SSD. My
> current timeout is 5 and I don't see any performance impact even on a
> bad computer with an even worse HDD.
How many frames and how many buffers do you typically have in a
session?
> Either way, the default value is not that important since every user is free
> to change the value. What is more important is to document it
> properly.
No argument here.
> > If you experience any irresponsiveness everytime desktop gets saved,
> > increase the timeout.
> > If not, it's safe to have it around 10.
This kind of advice generally belongs in the manual, not in the doc
string, IMO.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-23 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-22 16:19 bug#28945: 25.2; desktop auto save timer does not work Peter Neidhardt
2017-10-22 17:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-22 17:41 ` Peter Neidhardt
2017-10-22 17:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-23 19:28 ` Peter Neidhardt
2017-10-23 19:35 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-10-23 19:57 ` Peter Neidhardt
2017-10-23 20:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-24 21:46 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-25 2:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-26 3:42 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-26 10:01 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2017-10-27 2:42 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-27 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-28 21:49 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-26 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-26 16:19 ` Drew Adams
2017-10-26 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-26 18:28 ` Drew Adams
2017-10-26 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-28 12:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-05 16:18 ` Peter Neidhardt
2017-11-11 9:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-11 11:59 ` Peter Neidhardt
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