From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs on OS X development Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r4s68rr4.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83A41E83-79C8-4490-966B-CD224041E840@gmail.com> <80ACEDD7-86B4-4E7D-85F2-4308AB34837B@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1343085968 29273 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2012 23:26:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:26:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Paul Michael Reilly , emacs-devel@gnu.org, John Wiegley To: Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 24 01:26:08 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1StS0t-0003dt-Gl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:26:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48443 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1StS0s-0000z3-O2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34992) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1StS0r-0000yy-9E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1StS0q-00089i-HC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:33927) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1StS0q-00089E-DE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q6NNQ0sI032208; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:01 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3CEC7AE323; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: ("Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv=22's?= message of "Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:28:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4288=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4288> : streams <789530> : uri <1173036> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.20 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:151836 Archived-At: >>> This is a known issue, partly to do with how the event loop is >>> implemented. A smarter loop doubles the speed, but it is still slower >>> than say X. >> Does this issue have a bug number? Any discussions on fixes that are >> relevant? A simple way to illustrate the problem? > See 7761. This bug number does not seem to discuss much this event-loop problem. Is there some place where this problem is discussed? I hope someone can try and tackle it, e.g. starting by comparing the approach used currently in the NS port compared to the X, Gtk, Windows or Mac ports, so as to devise a plan. Stefan