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- From: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: Wnqvtnet screen scroll i
- Message-ID: <009601C7.CC916A00@vms.csd.mu.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 17:46:54 GMT
- References: <715488005.3@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>
- Reply-To: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
- Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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- In article <715488005.3@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>, Neal.Sanche@ttlg.UUCP (Neal Sanche) writes:
- >RT> The screen scroll is interminably slow and painful. Especially when
- >RT> listing a long file.
- >
- >The slow scrolling is a problem which exists in most Windows programs
- >which scroll text. The reason it is so slow is because the whole text
- >area is being painted from the top down every time the text scrolls. There
- >isn't really too much that can be done. An accelerated video card with a
- >BitBlt function built in would probably speed it up immensely. Hope
- >this helps a little.
- >
- >-Neal
- >
- But if one compares the WinQVT 4.78 with win100, for instance,
- one sees there is a significant difference in scrolling speed between
- these two programs (with identical hardware). Doesn't this reflect
- something on the performance of WinQVT? Or I'm missing something...
-
- -Anis, Marquette University.
-