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23.1; flyspell-mode slow editing near end of big html file

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Message #25 received at 4511 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Cc: 4511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4511: 23.1; flyspell-mode slow editing near end of big html file
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:13:32 -0400

>> You need to pass it a `limit' argument.
> I thought about that a bit.  The limit would be the immediately
> preceding "<", ">", or "\n", since whichever of them is hit first
> answers whether you're in a tag or not.

(line-beginning-position) will do fine.

> There'd be no need for a separate limit calculation if a regexp could be
> cooked up to stop on the first of those three.

The given regexp is actually plenty, in this respect.  It's just that
looking-back is a dog and doesn't make good use of the regexp.


        Stefan

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