From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Console based mouse face highlighting.
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:16:54 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ud511e9uh.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <858xbp4vr2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Tue, 15 May 2007 23:33:53 +0200)
> Cc: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 23:33:53 +0200
>
> >> Is cursor movement expensive on GNU/Linux?
> >
> > I don't think so, but in any case, it is IMO wrong to try to optimize
> > this case before you actually see that it slows down redisplay. I
> > suggest to do it right first, and worry about speed afterwards, if
> > needed.
>
> "Expensive" is probably the wrong question. With regard to CPU usage,
> cursor movement on a tty will be negligible.
This is a display issue, where ``expensive'' generally means ``slow'',
not ``CPU intensive''.
> However, it may have visual effects (depending on the terminal in
> question), and one of the reasons for using a tty in the first place
> might be a lack of bandwidth or high latency.
If the link is very slow, one can always disable this feature.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-16 3:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-12 10:02 [PATCH] Console based mouse face highlighting Nick Roberts
2007-05-12 10:11 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-12 13:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-12 23:54 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-13 3:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-13 4:19 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-13 4:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-14 21:11 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-15 3:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-15 3:53 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-15 21:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-15 21:33 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-16 3:16 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-05-15 22:39 ` [PATCH/Now RFA] " Nick Roberts
2007-05-16 3:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-16 3:54 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-16 10:00 ` [RFA] " Nick Roberts
2007-05-16 18:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-16 21:46 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-17 3:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-17 3:54 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-17 14:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-17 20:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-17 22:29 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-17 20:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-17 22:34 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-18 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-18 21:09 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-19 7:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-19 8:15 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-19 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-20 6:00 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-20 9:37 ` Johan Bockgård
2007-05-20 9:51 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-22 15:54 ` Johan Bockgård
2007-05-22 21:36 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-30 5:41 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-03 1:12 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-03 21:27 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-03 22:15 ` Drew Adams
2007-06-03 23:31 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-04 3:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-20 18:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-20 20:12 ` Renaming NEWS [was: [RFA] Console based mouse face highlighting.] Glenn Morris
2007-05-20 20:42 ` Nick Roberts
2007-05-20 21:31 ` Renaming NEWS Miles Bader
2007-05-21 8:09 ` Glenn Morris
2007-05-21 8:42 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-22 6:46 ` Glenn Morris
2007-05-22 7:12 ` Miles Bader
2007-05-22 17:08 ` Glenn Morris
2007-05-22 8:30 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-22 17:09 ` Glenn Morris
2007-05-21 10:33 ` Renaming NEWS [was: [RFA] Console based mouse face highlighting.] Richard Stallman
2007-05-19 22:31 ` [RFA] Console based mouse face highlighting Richard Stallman
2007-05-14 16:57 ` [PATCH] " Stefan Monnier
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