Re: silent PC vs. emacs

[martin rudalics]

> Please try
> $ strace firefox
> $ strace emacs
>
> Notice that after things settle, firefox gives the CPU or whatever
> several seconds of rest between polling etc. activity, whilst emacs
> causes a constant stream.
>
> I notice when I exited emacs, my laptop fan soon was able to take rest
> breaks. With an emacs running, even idle, the fan never stops!
> (Well sometimes it never stops anyway (Celeron M, no power saving))
>
> Can you please add an .emacs option allowing a different algorithm
> than the current one.

Please customize `jit-lock-stealth-time' according to your needs.
It's probably the non-nil value here vs. your laptop fan.