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Re: Slowness of Cygwin
- To: Ron House <house at usq dot edu dot au>
- Subject: Re: Slowness of Cygwin
- From: Robert Collins <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: 09 Aug 2001 12:54:47 +1000
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <3B71FD9D.1AE29C53@usq.edu.au>
On 09 Aug 2001 03:03:57 +0000, Ron House wrote:
> I have a large app., which has run successfully under both Linux and
> DJGPP. The Linux version uses ncurses, whilst the DJGPP version uses
> direct screen writes. I recompiled under Cygwin (it picked up the Linux
> branch and compiled flawlessly), but found that the app was extremely
> slow (2 or 3 times slower) than either of the others when writing to the
> screen. Any thoughts?
Use Linux?
Seriously, try full dos-box mode for the cygwin terminal, or rxvt.
Either should be faster than just gui text-box mode.
Rob
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