Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-23 Thread cothrige
* 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 w

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Dickey
cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Thomas Dickey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Actually, it has been worse at times than even above. Yesterday, I >> > ran the same test and it took 20 seconds. I thought that was pretty >> > awful. >> >> But at the sa

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-23 Thread cothrige
* Thomas Dickey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, it has been worse at times than even above. Yesterday, I > > ran the same test and it took 20 seconds. I thought that was pretty > > awful. > > But at the same time rxvt would be running slower (due to

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-23 Thread Thomas Dickey
cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Michelle Konzack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Am 2007-05-16 15:59:10, schrieb cothrige: >> > I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it >> > scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in >> > /usr/bin with

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-22 Thread cothrige
* Michelle Konzack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Am 2007-05-16 15:59:10, schrieb cothrige: > > I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it > > scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in > > /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-18 03:09:00, schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > Hmm... yes. I've tried with xterm using a 20,000-line scrollback, > and zsh: > > for i in {1..3}; echo $i > > On my 400 Mhz PowerBook G4, Debian/testing, XTerm 225: 71 seconds > (but only 6 seconds with a 600-line scrollback). > With rxvt (

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-16 15:59:10, schrieb cothrige: > I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it > scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in > /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.633s. Earlier > it was even worse taking over 10 seco

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-20 Thread Thomas Dickey
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-05-17 11:03:57 -, Thomas Dickey wrote: >> For "large" scrollbacks, e.g., more than 10,000 lines, >> xterm has its own problems. > Hmm... yes. I've tried with xterm using a 20,000-line scrollback, > and zsh: > for i in {1..3}; echo $i

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-17 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-05-17 11:03:57 -, Thomas Dickey wrote: > For "large" scrollbacks, e.g., more than 10,000 lines, > xterm has its own problems. Hmm... yes. I've tried with xterm using a 20,000-line scrollback, and zsh: for i in {1..3}; echo $i On my 400 Mhz PowerBook G4, Debian/testing, XTerm 22

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-17 Thread Thomas Dickey
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-05-16 15:59:10 -0500, cothrige wrote: >> I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it >> scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in >> /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.63

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-16 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-05-16 15:59:10 -0500, cothrige wrote: > I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it > scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in > /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.633s. Earlier > it was even worse taking over 10

Really slow xterm

2007-05-16 Thread cothrige
I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.633s. Earlier it was even worse taking over 10 seconds. It is a very big difference in usage, and if