GNU bug report logs - #21131
printing character representation of numbers can be slow

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chris Stacy <cstacy <at> dtpq.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 02:23:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 16828, 19023, 23930

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4, 25.0.95

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, cstacy <at> dtpq.com
Subject: bug#21131: minibuffer repl delay
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:48:46 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:28:19 -0400
> Cc: 21131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chris Stacy <cstacy <at> dtpq.com>
> 
> I really think this behaviour should be optional, and off by default, or
> on a separate command.

Separate command or an optional behavior triggered by an argument,
would be fine, I think.

> Personally I have never wanted/needed the character representation of
> numbers printed in this way.

I have.  One frequent (for me) use case is when I see a codepoint in
hex and want to know which character that is.
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