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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by dom0 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:42PM (#13942792)
> Battery could be problematic indeed, but before looking at my text editor, I would probably first switch from KDE to i3, and then use a lightweight web browser. This would impact it much more than my text editor.

This item is about VS Code consuming 13 % CPU when idle, which is bigger than the difference in idle CPU between KDE and i3 (if you don't have fancy widgets, it's about ~nil).

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Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren... by StreakyCobra on Thursday March 23, 2017 @03:46PM (#13943499)
Indeed, this bug is pretty nasty for the battery. I don't have it though, so my remark was about non-buggy battery usage. Web-based text editors consumes more battery, but the difference is not significant from my point of view.
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