Re: Default value of next-error-highlight is too small

[Juri Linkov]

>> If the default highlighting is imperceptible, then users will not know
>> about it to increase the period length (to actually use the
>> highlighting feature!).
>
> I agree, but let's first establish how many users have the same
> problem as you do.  I'd imagine at least the person who introduced the
> default value for this variable did see the highlighting.

IIRC, the initial old hard-coded delay was 0.5 sec, but during
introducing new defcustoms due to some problems in its implementation
this value was shortened to 0.1.  Later these problems were solved,
and now I agree that 0.5 is a better default.

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Juri Linkov
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