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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:34:00 -0700
> 
>     I don't see any inaccuracies or unclear statements in these excerpts.
>     Perhaps I know too much ;-)  Feel free to point out in more words
>     which ones are confusing, and why.
> 
> As I said, none are incorrect.

I know that, but are they inaccurate or unclear?

>       a full redisplay does happen eventually--after all the input has
>       been processed." (node Refresh Screen)
> 
> "After" doesn't mean "immediately after", to me.

Computers don't know how to wait, except in idle loops, and as soon as
we enter idleness, redisplay is called.

>     That idle loop is where redisplay happens.  (Timers also fire there,
>     btw.)  That is, redisplay is entered only when Emacs is idle.
> 
> "only" _and_ "as soon as", apparently.

Again, this is a machine, it does every thing ``immediately'' after
its predecessor.