[AUCTeX] Re: Scrolling using scroll wheel on Xemacs

[Surendra Singhi]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Surendra Singhi <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Franz Haeuslschmid <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> Franz Haeuslschmid <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>>> [...]
>>>>> When the buffer is hooked, I have to wait a noticeable moment
>>>>> before scrolling continues, but sometimes XEmacs freezes and I
>>>>> have to click on the window title of an other program that is
>>>>> running concurrently. I never experienced such a behavior in
>>>>> other modes running within XEmacs. Here again: is it a bug of
>>>>> XEmacs or AUCTeX?
>>>>
>>>> XEmacs.  AUCTeX is not even consulted for the scrolling in this case.
>>>> It is only responsible for the screen content which throws XEmacs for
>>>> a loop.
>>>
>>> I should have read the FAQ on AUCTeX and tried to exclude
>>> misconfiguration on my site. Following the instructions given in
>>> the FAQ, I finally could reduce the problem to flyspell. It's not
>>> XEmacs, nor AUCTeX. I will have to contact the developer of
>>> flyspell.
>>>
>> I don't use flyspell but still I get this problem. How do you
>> explain that?
>
> Does it help if you turn off font-lock-mode?
>
Definitely it does, there is no scrolling problem, if i turn it off.
But, then I lose all the beautiful and useful syntax highlighting and font
decoration. I would prefer the font-lock to be on, and I can tolerate that
scrolling problem.

Thanks.
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Surendra Singhi
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