Re: timing Emacs 21 (was: comments on ntemacs 21.0.91)

[Gerd Moellmann]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:

> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:17:16 -0500 (EST)
> > From: "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden>
> > 
> > Sometimes Emacs 20.7 is faster than the current Emacs 21 
> > and sometimes it is slower.
> > 
> >     forward-char            Emacs 21 faster
> >     forward-line            Emacs 21 faster
> > 
> >     forward-word            Emacs 20 faster
> >     forward-sentence        Emacs 20 considerably faster
> >     forward-paragraph       Emacs 20 considerably faster
> 
> These commands don't have too much to do with redisplay.  Unless point
> moves outside the currently displayed screen, the only aspect of
> forward-* commands related to redisplay is the cursor motion, I think.
> 
> Gerd, am I right?

Sorry, I didn't have time to study the code.  Maybe there's a sit-for,
which does a redisplay?