Re: How XyWrite handles keystrokes {VPC report}

["Martin J. Osborne" osborne@xxxxxxxx]

Michael Norman wrote:

> Since we have become accustomed to Xy's speed -- speed during
> composition and in all the program's functions -- the VPC solution was
> disappointing.


  For the stuff I do, I see little deterioration in speed using a
virtual machine via the VMWare software. Searching for a string located
only at the end of a 1.4MB text file, for example, is almost instant.


>  Or perhaps an SP2 will soon be released for XP and solve this
> problem, as the latest SP did for w2000.


  SP4 for W2000 removes the jerkiness, but doesn't completely solve
the problem. There is still an overrun when using the cursor and
PgDn/PgUp keys (the action continues to be performed after the key is
released), for example.


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