* Thomas Dickey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > scrolling is one place to measure, but there are several (font choice > is another, e.g., Xft is notoriously slow). Older versions of rxvt > would stop refreshing while they were getting input, and then paint > the final screen (usually faster, but with some drawbacks).
I did give some thought to fonts, but was unsure of just how to be thorough. So, what I did was try various fonts other than the default that I use, i.e. Terminus. I tried fixed, 7x14, 10x20 and a couple of others that seemed obvious. None of this had any noticeable impact, btw. Of course, I am not sure about things like Xft, and how to bypass that. My fonts are basically the default setup for Debian Etch, as I have never had the wherewithal to start messing with that can of worms. I can remember some real hairpullers trying to get decent fonts in Slackware which I would not want to relive. ;-) > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey > http://invisible-island.net > ftp://invisible-island.net > Many thanks, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
