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[Frank <address@hidden>]

Hello all,

This seems to echo my earlier comment:

On 29. May 2019, at 16:42, Frank <address@hidden> wrote:

I run TeXmacs on Debian Linux. Sometimes I notice delays while typing. I am not able to figure out the exact circumstances. Since while typing I am more concentrated on the contents - the delays of TeXmacs are usually shorter than that of my mind to formulate correct formulae.

I heard that there were some attempts to migrate TeXmacs to other Scheme compilers/interpreters, but I don't know whether the performance played some role in it.

It seems to me that this is not easy to "debug".

Best wishes,

Le 04/07/2019 à 16:52, Basile Audoly a écrit :

Hi Max,
I feel that this is a fair criticism. I am using the latest public version of TeXmacs on a reasonably recent, higher-end MacBook Pro (2017). When typing fast in an fresh document and with the default style, the keyboard can be approximately one word ahead of the window. This is in the same ballpark as 500-800ms.
Personally I don't mind, but I understand that some users might find it sluggish. My understanding is that the old scheme language is to blame for this?
Basile.

Le 4 juil. 2019 à 15:15, Massimiliano Gubinelli <address@hidden> a écrit :

Hi all,
I found this comment in hackernews:

"
The keyboard latency makes this program completely unusable! I've been following the project for the last two decades hoping someday it would be useful to touch typists who type around 120 wpm. Until then ... I just keep using emacs + auctex. Sure looks nice though.
“

“
NB: I tried both slowphil's custom build on github and the native windows binary downloadable from the main web site. Typing lag (estimated at 500-800ms) is totally unacceptable in both instances.
“

do you people feel that this comment is correct? and that we  have a latency  problem?

With the last TeXmacs I also experience some slugginess while writing slides. 

Do we have a problem here? Or is just an impression?


Best
Max

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Yours,