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bug#7092: 23.1; Dired slow using Emacs remotely
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#7092: 23.1; Dired slow using Emacs remotely |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:14:31 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Cc: Dan Espen <despen@telcordia.com>, 7092@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:55:26 +0100
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:28:34 -0400
> >> From: Dan Espen <despen@telcordia.com>
> >> Cc:
> >>
> >> Moving the pointer around a dired buffer makes Emacs unusable for long
> >>
> >> periods of time. This is true even after disabling tool-tip
> >> mode.
> >
> > Probably because of the mouse highlight (which causes lots of X
> > traffic).
>
> I think the diagnosis here sounds correct. So is there anything here
> we can do? In other words, is this a bug in Emacs or just an inherent
> limitation in the X protocol?
Maybe we should have a feature whereby mouse highlight is ignored, for
those who use a slow X connection.
But is it indeed the case that X traffic caused by mouse highlight is
the culprit here?