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From: Vinnie Shelton  <shelton@icd.teradyne.com>


dmason@scs.ryerson.ca said:
> Most novices are going to be editing small files.  The hit will not be
> a problem.  If the sample.emacs showed how to disable it and described
> the performance hit, then people could disable it where/when
> necessary. 

Well, I am strongly opposed to changing the default.  It *is* a
not-insignificant performance hit.  We should show people how to enable it 
in sample.emacs, but that's all, IMO.

vin


