[ltp] Less responsive input (blind typing) when running off battery

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, John Magolske wrote:
> bursts on the screen. I notice this in Vim...maybe other applications
> too but can't confirm it at the moment.

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> I'm wondering if this might have something to do with the hard drive
> being in some power saving mode where it spins down more frequently

Yes, it does.  vim can be nasty like that.  I am not sure how to work around
it, it seems related to the vim swap file though.

Good luck.

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