Re: Lag in Editor

[Ali Akcaagac <ali akcaagac stud fh-wilhelmshaven de>]

On 2001.07.02 20:02:41 +0200 John W. Redelfs wrote:
> Well, I finally got Balsa working on my new Red Hat 7.1
> setup.  I had to change the permissions on the
> /var/spool/mail/ directory.  I learned how to do it by
> reading this list.  Thank you for your help.
> 
> But now I have another problem.  There is a big lag in
> using the editor.  I can get way ahead of the onscreen
> echo when I am typing.  I do not have this problem with
> emacs, Netscape Messenger, or Elm.  What is going on? 
> Have any of you had this problem?  What is the
> solution?

yes, i bet you have THEMES installed. i once reported this
issue to the mailinglist myself. the only solution i found
was:

a) disabling THEMES
b) using a lighter theme (i use ADEPT theme now)

> The way things are now, I will not be able to use Balsa
> even though otherwise it looks like the nicest mail
> reader I have discovered since moving over to Linux
> from Windows.

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