From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default of jit-lock-stealth-time Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:27:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: <85tzxazb8r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172460610 5358 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2007 03:30:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:30:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 26 04:29:59 2007 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 4.50) id 1HLWYo-0007JZ-Vc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:29:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HLWYo-0008I4-VQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:29:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HLWXj-0007vr-C7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:28:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HLWXi-0007vJ-Lt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:28:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HLWXi-0007v7-CV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:28:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HLWXi-0005Q1-6b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:28:50 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HLWWC-0005Fu-Hq; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:27:16 -0500 In-reply-to: <85tzxazb8r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:13:08 +0100) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:66815 Archived-At: Regardless of the system load: the load may be low at the moment _exactly_ because the user terminated all processes that would disturb the interactivity of his current work, and I think it a mistake that Emacs considers the CPU fit for grabbing for its own purposes unless the user _explicitly_ asked for it. Stealth fontification is intended to stop whenever the user types a character. So why would it interfere with the "interactivity" of Emacs commands? Is there a bug which prevents stealth fontification from stopping quickly?