From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [levoy@cs.stanford.edu: Poor performance over DSL link] Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:33:42 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5xelc3o4wq.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <15740.26119.925739.482991@electrolux.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031614726 11708 127.0.0.1 (9 Sep 2002 23:38:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk, gerd@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oY7A-00032i-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:38:44 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17oYhK-0000bD-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 02:16:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oY7F-0004V0-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:38:49 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oY2L-00039U-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:33:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oY2J-00038q-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:33:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oY2J-00038k-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:33:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 17oY2I-0005yJ-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:33:42 -0400 Original-To: levoy@cs.stanford.edu In-reply-to: <15740.26119.925739.482991@electrolux.Stanford.EDU> (levoy@cs.stanford.edu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7776 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7776 As it happens, I finally realized (by watching the rhythm of the traffic) that Emacs 21's software blinking cursor was causing the traffic. I am surprised that blinking every .5 second causes so much traffic. Does this cure the sluggishness too? We should add this to PROBLEMS. Yes, once we are finished understanding the situation. Since the other suggestions mentioned there to improve performance can be controlled via the Options->Show/Hide menu [PROBLEMS could mention that], we might consider to add a menu item for controlling the blinking cursor as well, e.g Option->Show/Hide->Blinking Cursor Ok.