Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Setting up a fund for specific development?

[David Combs]

> From address@hidden Sun Jan 11 18:31:01 1998
> From: "T.E.Dickey" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Setting up a fund for specific development?
> 
> > The problem though with side scrolling is that it is an expensive operation
> > in terms of line time for freenets and the like (I'm not sure if curses can
> > optimise a side scroll with inserts and deletes).
> no (most terminals don't perform insert/delete character very rapidly).
> ncurses will do this when it makes sense, but it's still slow.
>  
> -- 
> Thomas E. Dickey
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> http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
> 

Yeah, but just how often will you be doing scrolling
side to side?  Only when you come across a table,
right?