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Re: Scrolling with the copper (in a text editor)

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From: Martin Taillefer
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 1990 12:53
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In article <1463@mindlink.UUCP> a464@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dawson) writes:
>
>     It might reduce the CPU/bus usage of the editor, but not necessarily.
>Remaking copper lists in an intuition friendly way does take a chunk of time,
>makes dragging screens tiresomely slow, and can cause problems when the screen
>with the custom copper list is visible but is partially covered.
>
>.Bruce Dawson - no signature.

And let's not forget to mention that using a copper list prevents things
like prop gadgets or real Amiga windows with borders to work.

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From: martint@altitude.CAM.ORG (Martin Taillefer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Scrolling with the copper (in a text editor)
Message-ID: <1990Apr12.125327.7047@altitude.CAM.ORG>
Date: 12 Apr 90 12:53:27 GMT
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