Re: emacs hangs in jit-lock

[Chong Yidong]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Setting jit-lock-stealth-time to nil makes the problem go away.
>
> I motion to change the default of jit-lock-stealth-time to nil.
> A non-nil setting may be useful for some situations, but nil is safer and
> more desirable for laptop use which is becoming the more prevalent
> machines nowadays.

I agree.  Also, modern processors are fast enough that on-the-fly
fontification works perfectly well; the advantage of fontifying in the
background in negligible.