Thank you very much Clarence and you explained it well!
> > Budd wrote:
> >
> > What is the purpose of Virtual screens? What difference
> > does it make if I turn the option on or off?
>
> A virtual screen is a copy of the current AND some succeeding screens in
> memory. Since the screens already have been rendered, it's just a matter
> of copying the apropriate parts of them to video memory to let you scroll
> up or down quickly and more or less smoothly.
>
> The drawback is these screens have to be created - and that process slows
> down the initial load.
>
> Without virtual screens, the first screen should come up much more quickly
> but when you want to scroll down, that next screen has to be created so it
> takes more time and it jumps.
>
> Also, some Arachne functions need virtual screens enabled in order to work
> because they must have all the info on the page available to them. Smooth
> scrolling is one of these functions and PAGE print (export fullpage .BMP)
> is another.
>
> The SCREEN print (print screen key) doesn't need virtual screens because
> it just exports a .bmp of the actual VIDEO screen - Arachne included !
>
> - Clarence Verge
Jesus Christ, the AlTeRnAtIvE RoCk
Budd, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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