From 7bfc164cad59cef16f9b2f0eae6e79dceee0f593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: romkatv Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 18:59:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 15336a5e..fe0a8870 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -189,8 +189,17 @@ running Ubuntu 18.04 with the config from the demo. | powerlevel9k/next | 1005 ms | | **powerlevel10k** | **8.7 ms** | -powerlevel9k/master is the stable branch of powerlevel9k, the one that virtually everyone uses. -powerlevel9k/next is the development branch for the next release. +_powerlevel9k/master_ is the stable branch of Powerlevel9k, the one that virtually everyone uses. +_powerlevel9k/next_ is the development branch for the next release. Powerlevel10k is over 100 +times faster than either in this benchmark. + +In fairness, Powerlevel9k has acceptable latency when given a spartan configuration. If all you need +is the current directory without truncation or shortening, Powerlevel9k can render it for you in +17 ms. Powerlevel10k can do the same 30 times faster but it won't matter in practice because 17 ms +is fast enough (the threshold where latency becomes noticeable is around 50 ms). You have to be +careful with Powerlevel9k configuration as it's all too easy to make prompt frustratingly slow. +Powerlevel10k, on the other hand, doesn't require trading latency for utility -- it's virtually +instant with any configuration. ## License