xterm is very memory intensive, setting the option for jump scrolling will
help ( but only a bit ). On the other hand you can try out xvt, its much
leaner and has most of the common functionalities of xterm.
sreangsu
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Anand Raman wrote:
> Hi guys
> I am using SuSE 6.3.
>
> I have noticed that the scroll of text in a xterm window is pathethic. There is a
>appreciable jerks
> and doing a ls -lR is pain. I went thru the manual and now invoke xterm using the -j
>option.
> (xterm -ls +sb -bg white -j) Still no improvement.
>
> Not only that when i resize or move windows there is appreciable jerks.
>
> The scroll also is jerky. However the same is not the case when text is scrolled
>under konsole.
>
> Why is it so .. Any idea how i can improve the scroll and other similar functions..
>
> Thanx a lot for ur suggestions
> Anand
>
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