GNU bug report logs - #8890
23.3; message writing slows emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 8890 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8890: 23.3; message writing slows emacs
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:32:33 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> It would be good, IMO, to delay updating the visible message in the
> minibuffer line long enough to be sure that the message just written
> isn't about to be overwritten so fast that the user couldn't read it
> anyway.

Over-enthusiastic messaging isn't pretty, but slowing down Emacs just to
display normal "informative" messages would be really bad, in my
opinion.

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