# HG changeset patch # User Miles Bader # Date 976880464 0 # Node ID 9b989029cccf32ffb26fc0fe63a0d7f192af774d # Parent f727eb496b4e16a0b42e8d12cc6c3669ebd0b0a2 Add note aboute using `inverse-video' to detect excessive screen redraw. diff -r f727eb496b4e -r 9b989029cccf etc/DEBUG --- a/etc/DEBUG Fri Dec 15 08:30:40 2000 +0000 +++ b/etc/DEBUG Fri Dec 15 11:41:04 2000 +0000 @@ -112,3 +112,8 @@ in your ~/.emacs file. When the problem happens, exit the Emacs that you were running, kill it, and rename the two files. Then you can start another Emacs without clobbering those files, and use it to examine them. + +An easy way to see if too much text is being redrawn on a terminal is to +evaluate `(setq inverse-video t)' before you try the operation you think +will cause too much redrawing. This doesn't refresh the screen, so only +newly drawn text is in inverse video.