Re: Default of jit-lock-stealth-time

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>     Yes, I know of at least 2 causes:
>     - it's based on polling and may take a long time before the next poll
>     - the stealth-fontification causes swapping, and so even if the poll comes
>       immediately, pages need to be swapped back in before the user's command
>       can complete.

> I see.

> The motive for stealth fontification was to avoid delays when moving to
> another part of the file.  Is fontification now sufficiently fast
> that such delays are not much of an annoyance any more?

In my opinion, we're definitely there.  I'd even say we've always
been there.  After all, the delay is often present even with stealth
fontification (in those cases where stealth fontification hasn't had
a chance to get here yet), so we always have to make sure that this delay is
acceptable anyway.


        Stefan