Re: Scratch buffer annoyance

[Glenn Morris]

Richard Stallman wrote:

> On a graphical terminal, the limit on the text is not the screen size.
> The limit is the amount that a user can really absorb, which is less
> than a screen full of text.  Against this limit, the image counts as
> less than a line of text.

I'm surprised that you think having it blink from one state to another
every 5 seconds makes it easier to absorb...

20 lines of static text are much much easier to read than an image +
10 changing lines, IMO.