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Article #37680Laser C Scrolls (was Re: Finally...)
From: Rob Demillo
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1989 00:50
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1989 00:50
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In article <332@carroll1.UUCP> dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave Newton) writes: >Why is scrolling in ST WordWriter so much slower than the scrolling in the >LaserC program editor? > >David L. Newton (414) 524-7465 dnewton@carroll1.cc.edu If you look carefully, you'll see that Megamax has written their own windowing system that looks *very* similar to GEM AES, but isn't quite. They do explain (somewhere) that they do not want their shell to interact with GEM at all so that the programmer's programs and Laser C shell interact properly. In other words: they wrote a better windowing system then AES, that's why its faster... - Rob DeMillo | UUCP: ...ima!brunix!rjd Brown University | BITnet: DEMILLO%BRNPSG.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU Planetary Science Group | Reality: 401-863-3769 "I say you *are* the Messiah, Lord! And I ought to know, I've followed a few!"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!brunix!rjd From: rjd@brunix (Rob Demillo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Laser C Scrolls (was Re: Finally...) Message-ID: <3304@brunix.UUCP> Date: 4 Apr 89 00:50:29 GMT References: <332@carroll1.UUCP> Sender: news@brunix.UUCP Reply-To: rjd@zaphod.UUCP (Rob Demillo) Distribution: usa Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science Lines: 20