On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:45:05 +0000 (UTC) Nishan Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve Litt <slitt <at> troubleshooters.com> writes: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I had to use a GUI ssh connection to edit my LyX document. It was > > slow. Like 300 baud modem slow. I type about 45 wpm and I was > > typing 4 characters for every one it echoed on the screen. It was > > soooooo 1982. > > > > By the way, this was on 802.11n fed by gigabit Ethernet, so it > > wasn't a slow connection. > > > > We all know that everything is slow over ssh, especially GUI stuff. > > But to me, this seems a lot slower than usual. Is there some > > algorithmic reason why LyX slows down unusually over ssh -X? > > > > Thanks, > > > > SteveT > > > > > > > Hi, > > I have found that using compression (ssh -C ) significantly speeds up > Lyx. Also if lyx starts to slow down over ssh, save the document > (Ctrl s) and it will get back some speed. > Thanks Nishan, This is excellent information, and I'll use it the next time I'm forced to use LyX over ssh. SteveT Steve Litt March 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz
