Package: afterstep
Version: 2.2.6-2+b1

The afterstep package sets the FollowTitleChanges option in
feel.DEFAULT(this option is unset in the current official Afterstep
sources).  This
forces Afterstep to reread and parse the database file every time a program
changes title, which has bad effects (excessive CPU usage) for those
programs that do so rapidly, such as XMMS.  This problem can also be
reproduced by running the following script in an xterm:

while (true); do echo -ne "\033]0;`date`\007"; done

This will within a minute or two max out the CPU.

I suggest that the feel.DEFAULT file be changed to turn the
FollowTitleChanges off.

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