From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default of jit-lock-stealth-time Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:01 +0100 Message-ID: <85lkikovwq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85tzxazb8r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85vehpwfrh.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172564368 16372 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2007 08:19:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 27 09:19:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HLxYN-0006J4-2k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HLxYM-00074i-Fw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:19:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HLxYC-00073F-9j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:19:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HLxY9-000733-V6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:19:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HLxY9-000730-OZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.43]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HLxY8-0002ZX-GP; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:19:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-06-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.18]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A0E27592E; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.49]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A425BD75; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-055-100.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.55.100]) by mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3127034A69C; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id BDB131D17415; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:01 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon\, 26 Feb 2007 14\:53\:03 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66907 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > Regardless of the system load: the load may be low at the > > moment _exactly_ because the user terminated all processes > > that would disturb the interactivity of his current work, > > and I think it a mistake that Emacs considers the CPU fit > > for grabbing for its own purposes unless the user > > _explicitly_ asked for it. > > > > Stealth fontification is intended to stop whenever the user types a > > character. So why would it interfere with the "interactivity" of > > Emacs commands? > > Who is talking about the interactivity of Emacs? > > The first paragraph cited seems to suggest that. One can actually accomplish work outside of Emacs, though the concept may appear outlandish to some. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum