NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Greg Wettstein) (04/10/90)
I just received my QEDIT update disk and I am disappointed to find that QEDIT Advanced Version 2.1 does not function as well as Version 2.07 under VPIX. Our group does an extensive amount of DOS development all under the VPIX environment under XENIX 2.3.3. QEDIT has been our editor of choice but if we cannot determine what is causing the problem under 2.1 we may have to consider changing editors. The problem we have noted is that Version 2.1 has extremely slow response to characters typed from the keyboard. It should be noted that we have installed Update A to VPIX which among other things solves the problem of delayed keystrokes which almost made previous versions of VPIX unusable. The problem with QEDIT is not so much one of keystrokes being buffered until another key is pressed (the pre-update A problem) but rather just extremely slow keyboard response. Without very much effort I can type to the end of a screen line and then pause for around 2 seconds while the screen catches up to where I have paused. I have stripped my TSR's from the environment and this does not seem to affect the problem. The problem also occurs independent of total system load. QEDIT has functioned so flawlessly in the past that I am puzzled over this development. In one of their update notices Mr. Mitchell commented at one time that their group has experienced problems with getting extended keyboards to function correctly, I am wondering if something broke in their efforts to get seemless integration across all platforms. I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has experienced this problem or who could possibly duplicate it. I read news daily so replies either to the net or via e-mail would be acceptable. Thanks in advance for any information which may be forthcoming. As always, Dr. G.W. Wettstein NU013809@NDSUVM1 `The truest mark of a man's wisdom is his ability to listen to other men expound their wisdom.'