Re: Redisplay: NS port, high CPU load

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Reitter <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:46:01 +1000
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> >> Also, I would suggest to check whether code like this should indeed 
> >> trigger an update_frame_tool_bar.
> >> 
> >>  (with-temp-buffer
> >>   (insert "XXX"))
> > 
> > I don't think so.  It doesn't here.  How did you check that it does on
> > your system?
> 
> Enable NSTRACE in nsterm.h, specifically for updates.
> 
> Run an observe output.  Observe that the above causes an update to the 
> toolbar, unlike evaluating other expressions.

If by "evaluating expression" you mean something like C-j or M-:, then
they might trigger redisplay regardless of the expression they
evaluate.

To be sure this triggers redisplay of the tool bar, you need:

  . emacs -Q
  . disable blink-cursor-mode
  . disable global-eldoc-mode
  . define an interactive function that does the above insertion, and
    then bind that function to a key (I used F8)
  . press F8 and see if update_frame_tool_bar is called