X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Mike Marchywka To: , Subject: RE: console scroll speed on Win XP Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 15:54:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <416096c60903011234y3434e47wcfc86421e35b5dcb@mail.gmail.com> References: <416096c60903011234y3434e47wcfc86421e35b5dcb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:34:33 +0000 > Subject: Re: console scroll speed on Win XP > From: andy.koppe@gmail.com > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > >> Is there some option to turn off to make this reasonable or has anyone >> else seen this problem? I set display options to maximize performance >> and there don't seem to be any options available for the cygwin window >> that would help. > > Yep, the Windows console is slow alright, and I don't know of any way > to speed it up. What I can recommend are the alternative terminal > emulators available in Cygwin: xterm, rxvt, and the recently added > mintty (by yours truly), all of which scroll a lot faster than the > console. > > (Please note that all three share one drawback though: native Windows > console programs might not work correctly in them, particularly > input.) > ROFL- so an emulator with a bunch of extra layers of emulation calls is beating the MSFT DOS window? I don't think right now the cygwin window is slowed than say a DIR listing in native=20 thing. How can you wreck text scrolling?=20 What is wrong with the native apps ? I use them in some scripts but usually not interactively. I don't normally care about text formatting if output is just a bit different. Thanks. > Andy > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail=AE= .=20 http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=3DTXT_MS= GTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/