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FWIW, I've used Emacs for a long time (i.e. long before this article was published) and don't recall it ever flickering. Not to say it didn't, or that it wasn'
by jlarocco 8y ago
FWIW, I've used Emacs for a long time (i.e. long before this article was published) and don't recall it ever flickering.
Not to say it didn't, or that it wasn't a problem for the author, but he's exaggerating a bit when he says it flickered all the time.
- swolchok 8y agoHe doesn't say it flickered all the time for everyone: > The amount of flicker you actually see depends on things like whether redisplay optimized the last update, your video driver, and the purity of your soul.
- gnulinux 8y agoI've been using emacs last 15 years and I still do. Can't seem to remember any flickering... Just a data point.
- xte 8y agoFew time I see casual flicker (EXWM, nvidia, NixOS with compton)... Oh nothing really annoying! I have far more annoying problems with floating windows and casual (newly introduced) bug that "lost" my physical screen size forcing to restart X to recover...