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: font lock, rst-mode, and keyboard repeat Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150913927 10628 80.91.229.2 (21 Jun 2006 18:18:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: smerten@oekonux.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 21 20:18:41 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ft7Ha-0006Bv-0w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:18:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ft7HZ-0008Lp-DU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ft7HL-0008L5-ND for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ft7HK-0008Kg-EN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ft7HK-0008Kc-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ft7S8-0005jv-19 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:29:24 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8EE2CF42A; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:13 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from dino15.iro.umontreal.ca (dino15.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.95]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294C3445C; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:05 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by dino15.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0931969AA5; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:18:04 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: David Abrahams In-Reply-To: (David Abrahams's message of "Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:35:30 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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:56065 Archived-At: > The problem is that in rst-mode > (http://www.merten-home.de/FreeSoftware/rst-mode/), when I hold down > the `-' key to get a row of repeated dashes (needed often in rst > documents), after the first dash, the display doesn't update until > after I release the key. It just means that Emacs can't keep up with the repeat rate. Maybe because rst-mode's font-lock settings are too inefficient or too complex. Or because you compiled Emacs-CVS with too much run-time checking, ... Stefan