Re: Slow typing mystery

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From: Steve Rogers
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:00

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ric <btgsch@rmplc.co.uk> wrote:

> This is easy. BBedit opperates with a fixed memory partition, as do all
> Mac Apps. When it is editing a file, it loads the entire file into
> memory. As obviously some files will be too large for BBedits memory
> partition, there is provision to 'borrow' memory from the system by
> means of 'temporary memory' This is memory additional to the memory
> allocated to BBedit, the drawback being access is slower than 'ordinary'
> application memory. So, by increasing the initial memory allocation, use
> of temp memory is eliminated, and speed is increased.

*This*, I bet, is the answer I was looking for.  It's got to be a
technical matter like this, affecting particular types of applications.
I'm going to try giving Eudora and Navigator 4 more RAM and see what
happen.

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Steve Rogers http://www.thebeast.demon.co.uk
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Date: 1998/01/17
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