From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Input method or help feature needed Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:37:04 +0900 Message-ID: <874o80whcf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <8339nmwjf2.fsf@gnu.org> <87aahu30d5.fsf@escher.home> <8362sgv4zv.fsf@gnu.org> <87lj1c78rg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298104640 20829 80.91.229.12 (19 Feb 2011 08:37:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 19 09:37:16 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PqiJX-0004uJ-Uy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:37:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56294 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PqiJX-00019N-BO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:37:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59151 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PqiJQ-00018D-8H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:37:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PqiJO-0006z8-Qp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:37:08 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:53563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PqiJN-0006y1-2c; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:37:05 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.33.195.219.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.33.195.219] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1PqiJM-00051x-7K; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:37:04 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 123DADFA0; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:37:04 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87lj1c78rg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:01:39 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 203.216.5.74 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:136216 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: >> There are many characters in the Unicode database, so slow machines >> will take time generating the list, especially if that's the first >> time you are invoking "C-x 8 RET". > > There are many pixels on the screen, and redrawing still finishes in > reasonable time. Computers have become faster since the seventies. I think Richard uses a machine that's an order of magnitude slower than average... (it takes about 1s to generate the unicode completion list on the machines I use, which are sort of "middle of the road") -Miles -- My spirit felt washed. With blood. [Eli Shin, on "The Passion of the Christ"]