Number: 60

Date: 17-Mar-84  0':04':44

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: jordan.pa

Subject: Lafite takes too long to display msg

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Attn: Sybalsky, vanMelle

Status: Open

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Problem Type: Performance

Impact: Annoying

Difficulty: Hard

Frequency: Intermittent

Priority: Unlikely

System: Text

Subsystem: Lafite

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Description: '
Date': 14 Mar 84 12':47 PST'
From': jordan.pa'
Subject': Lafite': a question'
To': LafiteSupport.pa'
cc': jordan.pa'
Lafite-System-Date': 28-Feb-84 13':10':33'
Lisp-System-Date':  1-Mar-84 14':24':22'
Machine-Type': Dorado'
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	Is there any way to get around the length of display time for a message, or are longer messages forever doomed to take proportionally quite longer times?   When I''m finished reading message X and proceed to delete it, message X+1 is automatically displayed (in general, a very nice feature).  However, if in the heading of X+1 I see it''s just junk mail that''s 200K chars long which I definitely want to skip, I cannot do so, and am forced to *wait* until the displaying of X+1 is finished.  (Unless I ↑E out or something).'
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	Laurel didn''t seem to have the waiting problem.   Are the (system) printing/displaying times that different?   Did it only attempt to display that portion of the message that would actually appear on the screen?'
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curiously,'
Dan'
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[bvm -- yes, tedit has to see the end of the message before it can display any of it]'


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Edit-By: vanMelle

Edit-Date: 25-May-84 16':30':51