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

[Benjamin C. W. Sittler]

On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, David Combs wrote:

> > 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
> > address@hidden
> > 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?

Only when you come across a table whose minimum width is less than the
usable screen width, actually.