Re: emacs takes exhorbitantly long to read long, one-line files.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Randy Yates <address@hidden>
> Cc: Karl Fogel <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:43:54 -0400
> 
> I've noticed that xemacs does not have this problem. Would it be
> fruitful to look at xemacs' display algorithm?

It depends on what level the differences are.  We need changes on a
very specific level, because rewriting the entire display engine,
while a welcome project, is unlikely to happen.

Since Stephen says the differences are on a much higher level, I agree
with him that this is not likely to help.