Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!mayoff From: mayoff@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Mayoff) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: Some questions about vi and emacs Keywords: vi, vip, Freemacs, mint Message-ID: <988@nada.cs.utexas.edu> Date: 14 Nov 90 18:12:07 GMT References: <986@latexo.cs.utexas.edu> <17528@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Organization: Dept of Computer Sciences, UTexas, Austin Lines: 12 In article <17528@thorin.cs.unc.edu> leech@cezanne.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) writes: >... I wonder what type of machine you're using that the overhead of reading >and interpreting the arrow keys is at all noticeable. ... Well, I normally use Sparcstation 1's and 1's+ (I hate saying 1+'s). It's not noticeable if you just press one once, but it's more noticeable when it is held down. It's very noticeable when I log in remotely from a 9600 baud terminal. -- /_ rob /_ Fun things to do with UNIX (#12 in a series): / cd /dev; cat mouse # Try this on a Sun. Really!