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From: adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What's wrong with elle?
Keywords: bugs
Message-ID: <2995@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 31 Mar 91 18:59:18 GMT
Organization: University of Iceland
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I'm having two problems with elle as distributed with minix 1.5 for Atari.
My hardware is 1040 ST with standard 1 MB of RAM, 16 MHz CPU with disabled
cache, bottom 2 kB of RAM has access enabled in user mode (to the same physical
memory as the standard supervisor mode system area).

/usr/bin/size reports 56254 bytes of stack space.

The problems:

1) Editing moderately large ascii files is very unstable. Making a few changes
to a 70k file the OS stands a fair chance of locking up, even flipping through
the file without making any changes locks up around half way through.
The only visible response available from the keyboard comes from pressing
CTRL-ALT Function keys, which all have their usual functionality.

2) As soon as a second text window is opened (split screen) it is like typing
to Mars and back. I am aware of the implications of shadowing, but why is that
necessary here? Only one text window is active at any one time.

Should I get a fixed copy of elle or did I ought to get a better editor? It has
to be similar to emacs as I will not consider learning vi. I find split screen
editing very useful.
--
Adam David.  (adamd@rhi.hi.is)