john@sol1.UUCP (john) (10/09/85)
We are running Unipress Emacs version 2.02 on a Plexus P60 under UNIX
SYSIII.
The problem is that when typing characters, emacs can't keep up with
what's being typed. The characters display in a jerky manner on the
screen as if the system were overloaded. (This has been reproduced
repeatedly with my being the only one on the system).
For instance when typing the sentence...
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party/country.
Emacs displays it as....
no<PAUSE><PAUSE>w is <PAUSE><PAUSE><PAUSE> the <PAUSE><PAUSE>ti<PAUSE><PAUSE>
me fo<PAUSE><PAUSE>
This has happened on the last few versions of Unipress Emacs we've had.
This makes Emacs less than desirable to use.
We are using the hard-coded vt100 driver and tvi970 terminals in the vt100
mode.
If anyone has experienced this problem or knows something about it,
PLEASE let us know. Unipress has heard of it happening but doesn't seem
to know why...
[ Take what I say in a different way ]
[ and it's easy to say ]
[ that this is all confusion ]
John Korsmeyer @ THE SOLUTION
EMAIL: {akgua,ihnp4}!sol1!johnchris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (10/12/85)
That sounds like it is going through the full-blown redisplay, rather than the `1 line optimized' redisplay. If you have the same file displayed in two windows, and have `quick-redisplay' off, this will happen; otherwise it should not happen for `typical' input (not including, e.g., wrapped lines). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@mimsy.umd.edu