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From: shepard@umber.CS.ORST.EDU (Mark Shepard)
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Subject: Rewriting screen update code in Vi-editor clone (stevie 3.69a)
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Date: 8 Jun 90 22:07:47 GMT
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WANTED:  Has anyone re-written the screen update code in the Atari ST
vi-editor clone STEVIE, v. 3.69a from uunet?

I'm trying to use the stevie on an MS-DOS 8088 system, but stevie's screen 
update code could be better: whether I use a direct BIOS video interface 
or a ANSI console driver (FANSI-CONSOLE in this case) the editor takes 
about .5 seconds (that's right: 500 milliseconds) to scroll ONE LINE.  
Turns out it's redrawing the whole screen for each line scrolled.

This is a pretty good editor, but it's unusable on all but a 386 (and forget
about using it over a modem).  If no one is working on rewriting this code,
OR if no one can suggest a better vi-editor clone (HINT HINT), I'll just rewrite
it myself.  But 'thought I ask first.

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	Mark(_`
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shepard@CS.ORST.EDU -\______/----\____ ...!{hplabs!hp-pcd,ogicse}!orstcs!shepard
Mark Shepard --\______/----\___ Oregon State Univ., Elec. & Computer Engr. Dept.