From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org developers" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Blink cursor changes, possible W32 breakage.
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:53:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D992483A-0B39-41E4-BFC4-D417CC910312@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83txjt15hw.fsf@gnu.org>
Hello.
17 jul 2013 kl. 19:05 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
>> From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
>> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:29:46 +0200
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>> miles@gnu.org
>>
>>>> We can't know what other timers do, in general. Maybe they are supposed to run some Elisp in the background and/or when the frame has no focus. In contrast, we know very well what blinking timers are supposed to do, so we have control over those.
>>>
>>> But if you stop one timer, but leave the other N running, what did you
>>> accomplish, exactly, in terms of allowing the laptop stop using
>>> battery power and perhaps swap Emacs out of RAM?
>>
>> In the default configuration, i.e. starting Emacs, editing files and so on, the only repeating timer there is is the blinking timer, there are no N other timers. So for the majority of setups, this is a win.
>
> I don't think it's a majority, not even close. The only situation
> that will certainly win here is "emacs -Q", but I wonder whether we
> should optimize that one.
What would those timers be for then? I can't find a single periodic timer except blink timer that is on by default. Also, why are you against reducing Emacs CPU-usage? It is always a good thing IMHO, excpet when it becomes too complicated.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-17 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-16 11:48 Blink cursor changes, possible W32 breakage Jan Djärv
2013-07-16 15:55 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-16 16:15 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-16 18:29 ` covici
2013-07-16 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-16 20:19 ` covici
2013-07-16 17:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-16 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-16 18:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-16 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-16 22:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-16 21:12 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-16 21:23 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-16 22:04 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-07-17 1:58 ` Miles Bader
2013-07-17 7:42 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-17 14:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-17 15:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-17 8:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-17 4:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-17 4:56 ` Miles Bader
2013-07-17 7:38 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-17 14:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-17 16:29 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-17 17:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-17 18:53 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2013-07-17 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-17 19:38 ` Jan Djärv
2013-07-19 2:12 ` Miles Bader
2013-07-19 6:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-19 9:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-19 10:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-19 10:50 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-07-19 11:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-19 12:02 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-07-19 13:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-19 17:52 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-07-20 8:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-20 9:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-20 22:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-21 2:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-21 7:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-21 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-22 2:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-19 10:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-19 9:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-19 10:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-20 8:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-20 9:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-20 22:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-21 2:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-21 7:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-21 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-22 2:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-21 9:20 ` martin rudalics
2013-07-22 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier
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