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: 15 seconds to fontify index Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:33:42 +0200 Message-ID: <86tzvz9crd.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <17936.10981.858134.769803@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <87bqi7e6uh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175517283 20855 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2007 12:34:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:34:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 02 14:34:37 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 1HYLk2-0003SN-Hv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:34:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HYLn4-0008EN-43 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:37:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HYLmK-0006HF-AZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:36:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HYLmH-0006B5-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:36:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HYLmH-0006Ak-6o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:36:53 -0400 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HYLjE-0006nv-Fm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:33:44 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (pd95b0fdb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.91.15.219]) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA09887 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:33:38 +0200 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 31998 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2007 12:33:42 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 2 Apr 2007 12:33:42 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E96F6C18DC; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:33:42 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon\, 02 Apr 2007 15\:23\:46 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (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:68935 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Chong Yidong >> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:30:14 -0400 >> >> For post-22, we definitely want to rewrite Info to use font-lock. > > IMHO, just waiting for machines to become faster will consume much > less energy (freeing our scarce resources for more important work), > with the same net result. At the same time machines become faster, the documents get larger. Computers have become obscenely more powerful than 40 years ago, yet their speed still determines the work one can get done. > Anyway, if you think it's a worthwhile job, please add it to > etc/TODO, otherwise it will surely get forgotten. Agreed. -- David Kastrup