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authorEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2011-09-24 17:38:16 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2011-09-24 17:38:16 +0300
commit6bf7006fa2efdb9d74451336335c1eeb833ddfb1 (patch)
treec02af6a8128f8f5eb3e39a05b0ed8ddbbcbc91cb /doc
parent2ac2721a7f792e5a85588dc402fe9670225be6e6 (diff)
Change the default value of redisplay-dont-pause to t.
src/dispnew.c (syms_of_display) <redisplay-dont-pause>: Default value is now t. Doc fix. doc/lispref/display.texi (Forcing Redisplay): Update the description of redisplay-dont-pause due to change in the default value. etc/NEWS: Mention the change of the default value.
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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/display.texi13
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 0094e7c12a..ed2f0a0d3f 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-09-24 Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
+
+ * display.texi (Forcing Redisplay): Update the description of
+ redisplay-dont-pause due to change in the default value.
+
2011-09-23 Martin Rudalics <[email protected]>
* frames.texi (Frames and Windows): Move section and rename to
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 3002a4c220..724c46300f 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -118,15 +118,12 @@ redisplay of all windows.
to put more work on the queue to be done by redisplay whenever there
is a chance.
- Emacs redisplay normally stops if input arrives, and does not happen
-at all if input is available before it starts. Most of the time, this
-is exactly what you want. However, you can prevent preemption by
-binding @code{redisplay-dont-pause} to a non-@code{nil} value.
-
@defvar redisplay-dont-pause
-If this variable is non-@code{nil}, pending input does not
-prevent or halt redisplay; redisplay occurs, and finishes,
-regardless of whether input is available.
+If this variable is non-@code{nil}, pending input does not prevent or
+halt redisplay; redisplay occurs, and finishes, regardless of whether
+input is available. If it is @code{nil}, Emacs redisplay stops if
+input arrives, and does not happen at all if input is available before
+it starts. The default is @code{t}.
@end defvar
@defvar redisplay-preemption-period