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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: DECterm and/or dlogin oddities
Keywords: scroll or not    echo or not
Message-ID: <9680@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Feb 90 23:00:03 GMT
References: <1994@sunquest.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1994@sunquest.UUCP> terry@sunquest.UUCP (Terry Friedrichsen) writes:
> I noted the following problems in Ultrix 3.0, but I just waited, figuring
> they would be solved in 3.1.  But they're still there, so ...
> 
> 1)  in a DECterm window, try using more(1) to read a document that is
> several pages long (10 or so should do).  you will notice that mostly,
> the screen gets repainted for the new page, but sometimes, it scrolls
> instead (usually abandoning the scroll halfway through and finishing
> up in a quick burst).  repainting is fast, but scrolling isn't.  so
> why doesn't the software pick a method and stick to it?  anyone know
> what is really going on here?

Isn't this a "more" optimization?  Are you really using the Ultrix "more"
or some substitue like "less"?

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