GNU bug report logs - #14721
slow scrolling on windows 7

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mario Valencia <mariovalspi <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:39:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 14307

Found in version 24.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mario Valencia <mariovalspi <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14721 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14721: slow scrolling on windows 7
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:47:34 +0300

> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:26:36 -0500
> From: Mario Valencia <mariovalspi <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 14721 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> and btw, my computer is NOT "too slow" to scroll fast. it is a bug for sure.
> 
> > finally discovered that  emacs -xrm Emacs.fontBackend:gdi   makes
> > scrolling much faster.

If switching the font back end makes it much faster, then if there is
a bug, it's not in Emacs.  Emacs uses both font back ends the same.
Granted, the default Uniscribe back end is much more complex, so can
take more processing power (through I don't see any difference on my
machine).
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