From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is Elisp really that slow? Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:16:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87muizkdbs.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <20190515210924.sijzy6mnpgzkt4gm@Ergus> <83ftpecwu1.fsf@gnu.org> <20190516161408.4dov3dwk5h4yoizn@Ergus> <838sv6cmwt.fsf@gnu.org> <20190516202327.5cgy2s4kppy3ahxa@Ergus> <871s0yqg2i.fsf@telefonica.net> <3210C8E9-7A74-47D6-81A0-470948E6D09C@gmail.com> <87r28xq0j1.fsf@telefonica.net> <20190517055202.ted62gt6hqcip7xt@Ergus> <83mujlbgjh.fsf@gnu.org> <20190517123551.vumasyoyr5bv5voq@Ergus> <835zq9b4vi.fsf@gnu.org> <86lfym1v3d.fsf@zoho.eu> <87sgssqn1r.fsf@mail.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="202753"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Huchler Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 02 21:30:57 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hXWC0-000qZ8-Oq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:30:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52165 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXWBz-0002g3-71 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:30:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37153) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXWBi-0002Rn-M9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:30:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXW0T-0001T6-9t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:55132) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXW0T-0001PB-2a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:19:01 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F5BE6838; Sun, 2 Jun 2019 21:18:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZdXQ4SzArGyq; Sun, 2 Jun 2019 21:18:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (jeden09-dwa27.echostar.pl [213.156.109.227]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6358DE662D; Sun, 2 Jun 2019 21:18:47 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <87sgssqn1r.fsf@mail.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:120725 Archived-At: On 2019-06-02, at 12:49, Stefan Huchler wrote: > Emanuel Berg via help-gnu-emacs writes: > >> Are we talking about being able to tell what >> line point is at, to go to a specific line, >> either thru a button or a manual command, and >> so on? >> >> If so, isn't that like one of the most basic >> feature any editor whatsoever should have? > > Showing lines sure goto line yes should be there but do I find it > important? Not really, because you rarely remember a line number in a > big file, you either make bookmarks or move with the search ability. > > [...] > > So moving through typing in line numbers for cursor movement seems to me > very seldom a good way to operate. Fair enough, but please remember that there are also other use cases. I sometimes need to tell my teammate to look at a specific place in the code. Giving the line number is often the easiest way. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl