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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: This here fast LS thang
Keywords: Directory Lister
Message-ID: <13078@gryphon.COM>
Date: 9 Mar 89 07:00:43 GMT
References: <12988@gryphon.COM> <732@cord.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
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In article <732@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) writes:
>
>Yeah, this LS thang is fast.  But it's so darn weird I don't know if I can
>deal with it.  It beats the Manx LS (which I'm quite happy with overall) 
>for speed, but it lists the directories from left to right.  I mean, it looks
>like it prints the whole left column, then the next column, and so on, so the
>whole thing just sort of sweeps on to the screen.  I'm just not used to seeing 
>stuff like this on a text screen.
>
>Anyone else find it disconcerting?

I agree it's unusual, but I don't think it's anything to get yer
knickers in a twist about.

It's probably faster, or rather *appears* to be faster, by painting
the first column. You see your screen scroll scroll scroll scroll
anf say to yourself ``wowsers, that wuz quick'', and then it paints
the rest of the listing. I 've gotten used to it in only a couple
of days and I really like it.

Of course if it really bothers you, *blink*.

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