Re: Is Elisp really that slow?

[Van L]

Drew Adams writes:

>> When I use a long M-x sequence, a shortcut suggestion appears. It disappears
>> before I can catch it. Can it stay for 30 seconds? Can there be an instant
>> interactive override to set it whatever you like?
>
> `C-h v suggest-key-bindings':
>
>  The value can be a length of time to show the message for.

>  If the value is non-nil and not a number, we wait 2 seconds.
>
>  You can customize this variable.

Thank you. I didn't know the sequence to give C-h v.

The 1 second wait for which-key's idle feels way longer than the 2
seconds here for this. I guess this is due to the resource load on task
focus when you are going from A to B and are surprised by
suggest-key-bindings's advertisement.

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