[comp.sys.mac.apps] NISUS: speed?

inm501@csc.anu.edu.au (04/20/91)

	What does Nisus users think of Nisus?  There is a review saying that
it is very slow on Mac Plus.  Is that true?  Does anyone who run it on Classics
have any comments?

Ida

cox@stpstn.UUCP (Brad Cox) (04/22/91)

In article <1991Apr20.113831.1@csc.anu.edu.au> inm501@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
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>	What does Nisus users think of Nisus?  There is a review saying that
>it is very slow on Mac Plus.

Speed is fine for most purposes, but unimaginably slow for search/replace
when the replace touches lots of stuff that might need to be undone later.
Performance bug in memory management in support of multi-level undo. 
Feplaces that take milliseconds under vi can take minutes under Nisus.
Confirmed in discussion with Paragon support personnel.
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