From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs hangs in jit-lock Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:37:23 -0500 Message-ID: <87ac29sg70.fsf@furball.mit.edu> References: <456C70A0.6060105@gnu.org> <87k61fibk5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <456C9877.7020905@gnu.org> <20061130001202.GB21945@printf.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164861614 22539 80.91.229.2 (30 Nov 2006 04:40:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Henrik Enberg , Sam Steingold , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 30 05:40:09 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GpdiR-0006to-PT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:40:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GpdiR-00005c-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:40:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gpdi9-0008Mo-0t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:39:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gpdi7-0008Kg-JP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:39:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [18.72.1.2] (helo=south-station-annex.mit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Gpdi6-0007cm-Rr; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:39:47 -0500 Original-Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id kAU4di38014678; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:39:44 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id kAU4bPhV018560; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:37:26 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from furball.mit.edu (SYDNEYPACIFIC-FIVE-HUNDRED.MIT.EDU [18.95.6.245]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id kAU4bOdh013775; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:37:25 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from cyd by furball.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gpdfo-0003Tz-00; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:37:24 -0500 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed\, 29 Nov 2006 23\:21\:48 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Spam-Score: -2.599 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:63111 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> Setting jit-lock-stealth-time to nil makes the problem go away. > > I motion to change the default of jit-lock-stealth-time to nil. > A non-nil setting may be useful for some situations, but nil is safer and > more desirable for laptop use which is becoming the more prevalent > machines nowadays. I agree. Also, modern processors are fast enough that on-the-fly fontification works perfectly well; the advantage of fontifying in the background in negligible.