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From: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org (Lars Soltau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: PM-based Programming Editor?
Message-ID: <766@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org>
Date: 11 Sep 90 20:28:55 GMT
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In article <1990Sep10.074956.20417@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> d9mikael@hackes.dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) writes:
>There is IBM Live Parsing Editor (LPEX) too.  A rather nice editor, but I
>think the performance is too bad (with slow up/down scrolling).  But it
>has most functions you would require from an editor.
>
>Mikael Wahlgren    d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se

Of course the performance is bad. PM is such a slow b*tch that the ASCII
terminal emulation that comes with EE 1.2 Comm Mgr cannot handle speeds
greater than a measly 2400 baud. That's on a Model 70, if you wondered.

I am absolutely unable to understand why anyone would want an editor that
runs under PM. I have the Fullscreen E, which runs in a text window, and the
PM E Version, and both are so damn slow that working with them is hell.

What is more, IMHO any graphical interface on hardware with less than one
Megapixel is impracticable, because people end up using windows at their
biggest size all the time, so you can't exploit the full benefits of the GUI
but instead only use it as a somewhat prettier Fullscreen interface.

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