Re: X performance suffers under emacs 21.1.1

[Gerd Moellmann]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     That's exactly the problem I see with this approach: what is a good
>     limit?
> 
> We have to solve the severe problem that has been encountered.  Just
> because our solution might not be ideally tuned is no excuse for
> failing to act.
> 
> First let's do something that drastically reduces the number of
> cached images that are saved for any long period of time.
> 
> Then we can worry about fine-tuning it for different kinds of usage.

I agree with the reducing part, but I don't agree to jump on the first
idea that comes up, and fine-tune that afterwards.  I think it's
better to evaluate alternatives first.