Subject: Re: bug#8890: 23.3; message writing slows emacs

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:58:24 +0300

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:52:56 +0200
> 
> Emacs does clever screen updates, though.  So if the only thing that
> changes is the number before the percentage, Emacs won't repaint the
> entire line, I think?

True.  Like I said, redisplay of the echo area is very fast.