GNU bug report logs - #23431
Displaying animated GIFs can make Emacs unresponsive

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23431 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jch <at> pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr
Subject: bug#23431: 25.0.93; EWW hangs
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 19:24:42 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I see the animation run at about 1 to 2 Hz refresh rate, so I don't
> think redisplay is slow.

I get one refresh at, like, once a second on the example image (with
ImageMagick).

>> > (Which is what typically, btw?)
>> 
>> I think for most GIFs it's typically 0.1s, but it can be larger.
>
> Which might be too small.  How about making it 0.5 sec or even 1 sec
> instead?

The animated image sets the delay between images.

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