X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 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: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:20:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <1235965944.5790.ezmlm@cygwin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" 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 ---------------------------------------- > From: jay.krell@cornell.edu > To: cygwin@cygwin.com; marchywka@hotmail.com; andy.koppe@gmail.com > Subject: RE: console scroll speed on Win XP > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:34:08 +0000 > > >> Andy >> Yep, the Windows console is slow alright, and I don't know of any way > > > Huh? > The windows console is fast, among the fastest > I have ever used, BUT you must have the video > driver for your specific card. I'm on a laptop and don't have a card, a Compaq Evo N610c with XP pro. I tried to update drivers from HP with no obvious effect. In any case mintty was a lot faster with no obvious drawbacks yet. I can appreciate there may be some issues but using the whole CPU while it scrolled by a rate just fast enough for reading seemed a bit odd. mintty is unreadably fast and probably some of cpu time goes to disk IO in my benchmark taskamanager test with cat :) IIRC, "dir" on a 4 Megahertz Z-80 computer wa= s at least as fast.=20 > If you just have the generic VGA driver, it is slow, > and other things are noticably too. > > > I haven't seen a faster graphical console, but text consoles are also fas= t. > > > Also being in bash seems slower. > I usually set PATH=3Dc:\cygwin\bin;%PATH% but don't use bash interactivel= y. > You might try that. > Being in cmd preserves the nice F8 command line completion against histor= y feature > that I haven't found elsewhere. > > > > - Jay > > -- > 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/ > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99 Contacts: Organize your contact list.=20 http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-= cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 -- 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/