Subject: Re: bug#17837: 24.4.50; Search very slow

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:29:11 -0400

> Stefan, isn't jit-lock supposed to stop and relinquish control if
> input is available?

No, it doesn't do any such thing (and in the non-deferred case it
probably shouldn't).  The closest I can think of is the stealth fontification
which checks input-pending-p, IIRC.

It would make sense to make the deferred case use while-no-input.

        Stefan