Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!bbn!news From: news@bbn.COM (News system owner ID) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: fixed bug with IC and im in termcap Message-ID: <49392@bbn.COM> Date: 7 Dec 89 22:22:54 GMT References: <8912040001.AA04781@kailand.kai.com> Reply-To: pplacewa@antares.bbn.com (Paul W Placeway) Distribution: gnu Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 11 Actually, I think the correct order of prefrence is IC, then im/ei, then ic, because on bitmapped terminals, it's *much* more efficient to do one blit rather than N to open up the space, and on non-bitmapped terminals, the cost is about the same either way. It also seems to me to be less distracting. Scrolling regions vs. multiple line insert/delete is almost, but not quite, the same sort of thing. -- Paul Placeway (new address: )