buff-menu preloaded?

buff-menu preloaded?

[Stefan Monnier]

Does anybody know why is buff-menu.el preloaded?
I'm tempted to autoload it instead.  There are several alternatives,
plus not all users use a buffer-list at all, so I'm not convinced that
it'll be used in most Emacs sessions.


        Stefan

Re: buff-menu preloaded?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Does anybody know why is buff-menu.el preloaded?
> I'm tempted to autoload it instead.  There are several alternatives,
> plus not all users use a buffer-list at all, so I'm not convinced that
> it'll be used in most Emacs sessions.

Any objection to autoloading it rather than preloading it?


        Stefan

Re: buff-menu preloaded?

[Richard M Stallman]

I think buff-menu.el defines the major mode used by C-x C-b.  If so,
that's why I made it preloaded: practically everyone uses C-x C-b
often, or at least I expected so.  Thus, autoloading that mode would
save little.

If there are a substantial fraction of users that never use C-x C-b,
then maybe autoloading that file would gain something.

Re: buff-menu preloaded?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I think buff-menu.el defines the major mode used by C-x C-b.  If so,
> that's why I made it preloaded: practically everyone uses C-x C-b
> often, or at least I expected so.  Thus, autoloading that mode would
> save little.

Yes, that was the expectation indeed.

> If there are a substantial fraction of users that never use C-x C-b,
> then maybe autoloading that file would gain something.

That's my impression.


        Stefan