Subject: Re: Can't use paste in Windows with Pine: why?

From: [email-masked] (GBGF)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 21:12:53 GMT

Howard Altschuler ([email-masked]) wrote:

: > On 27 Sep 1994, Howard Altschuler wrote:
: > 
: > > I use pine 3.90. When I try to paste text from a windows app to pine (via 
: > > crosstalk), it takes about a minute per line!
: > 
: > Yes.  In windows pine paste works by inserting the characters as if you
: > were typing them.  This is a little slower than if we just droped them
: > into the buffer, but I've never seen or heard of it taking a minute per
: > line.  A more detailed description of your system and what other
: > applications are running may help me identify the problem.  Specifically,
: > I'm looking for other applications that may in some way slow down the rate
: > at which pine receives events. 
: > 

: I have a 386-40 with 8 megs of memory, windows 3.1, dos 6.21, and the 
: problem occurs even if I only run crosstalk for windows.

	I have a Pentium 60mhz and Crosstalk for Windows.  I experience 
the same thing -- i.e., if I use Ctrl-^ and block and paste text, it 
works fine, but if I use the Copy and Paste from Crosstalk, for each line 
of text the cursor blinks for 20-45 seconds before the text appears on 
the screen.  sometimes it takes so long that my net provider, netcom, 
drops my connection.
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68% of all statistics are misleading         [email-masked] (Jerry Stein)

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From: "Ben T. Feese" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 20:43:41 -0400 (EDT)

> On 27 Sep 1994, Howard Altschuler wrote:
 
> I use pine 3.90. When I try to paste text from a windows app to pine (via 
> crosstalk), it takes about a minute per line!
========= CLIP ======= CLIP ======= CLIP ========= CLIP ======== CLIP ======

I use cut&paste from the Windows clipboard as my mainstay for moving text 
around from msg. to msg.  I am accessing pine (on a unix server) via a 
tnvt220 (telnet) connection via a remote node dialin  to a Novell LAN.  
This is the only way I know of on a barebones telnet access of moving 
text around (given that pine can't copy a marked text block out to a 
file that can be read back into to another msg.).  For me the Windows 
clipboard is not exactly fast, but it's much much faster than I could 
ever type it in (my dial in link is operating at 19200 bps).  Such 
clipboard service is the main reason I stick with windows (since most of 
my apps, like the Novell tnvt200, are DOS programs).

It is possible that your slow windows clipboard performance is due to 
your windows system.ini file not being optimized.  Sorry I can't help you 
there---maybe somebody else on the net can suggest how they optimized 
their windows comm settings for such a situation.
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From: [email-masked] (Kimberly Long)
Date: 6 Oct 1994 03:36:53 GMT

: > [snip]

I am having the same problem.  I use crosstalk as well.  I made the 
mistake of trying to paste a two page article into email. It took about 
40 minutes.

If you get an answer to this question please share.  :)

Namaste'

Kimberly Long
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (GBGF)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 16:56:57 GMT

Kimberly Long ([email-masked]) wrote:

> [snip]

: I am having the same problem.  I use crosstalk as well.  I made the 
: mistake of trying to paste a two page article into email. It took about 
: 40 minutes.

: If you get an answer to this question please share.  :)

: Namaste'

: Kimberly Long
: [email-masked]
	I had the same jproblem.  The answer is:  in the settings 
section, change line pacing to NONE.  This should take care of it.
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68% of all statistics are misleading         [email-masked] (Jerry Stein)