Re: redisplay-dont-pause is not mentioned in the Emacs manual

[Kim F. Storm]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: Ralf Angeli <address@hidden>
>> Cc: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
>> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:54:52 +0200
>> 
>> I have [redisplay-dont-pause] enabled for all my Emacs installations
>> because I cannot stand the way buffer contents are updated during
>> scrolling if it is not.
>
> I think that's a bug that should be reported and fixed.


How?

Normal redisplay is restarted whenever it is interrupted by user
input.  For example, pressing and holding the down-arrow key will be
"randomly jumpy" -- depending on the speed of the computer vs. the key
"repeat rate" of the keyboard.

The only way to get "more fluent" display updates is by setting
redisplay-dont-pause.  I also used to set it when I had a slower
computer --- these days, it usually manages to keep up with my
typing, so it doesn't really matter.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk