From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Speeding up Emacs load time Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:02:56 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <87r4ezdiiy.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87r4ez92ry.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87txjv7gen.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87r4ey3jjd.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87k3kqnup9.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1374023116 11854 80.91.229.3 (17 Jul 2013 01:05:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:05:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 17 03:05:18 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UzGBB-0000GQ-EJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:05:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38124 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UzGBA-0002L8-VB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:05:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="2b4d99857b7659717d3b28a24c766d4c"; logging-data="3184"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+EGTtaIOCQU3l1wwwGKWd0P97HK0DG/tM=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5oEc8UhkfCabnFiUPsYe7ellCe8= sha1:Mgqmft6ogz3+lhCRwlTy4x97AR8= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:199914 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92180 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > Dan Espen writes: > >> Dmitry Gutov writes: >> >>> It only works if you're sitting in a darkly-lit room, using dark desktop >>> theme, and don't routinely switch to e.g. web browser, wherein most of >>> the websites are dark-on-light. >>> >>> Otherwise, the switching between levels of contrast will put even more >>> strain on the eyes. I'm sure you'll notice that when you get a few more >>> years sitting before a computer under your belt. I'm 26, and I've >>> started paying attention to this 2-3 years ago. >> >> I'm 67 and I say nope. > > I take it you've been using dark terminals, themes, etc, while switching > to applications with different levels of contrast and back, for quite a > few years now. Right? Yep, long, long time. > How are your eyes these days? No glasses? You're kidding right? Everyone needs glasses at my age. I wear 1.25/1.25 for reading and looking at the screen only, otherwise my vision is perfect. On a good day I can get by without the glasses. -- Dan Espen