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Subject: Re: [9fans] how people learn things (was architectures)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:54:44 +0000
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rog@vitanuova.com wrote:
> i remember ages ago reading in a paper about somebody
> (on the Blit?) doing that.

Yeah, it was fairly common for us Blit-family users.

> personally, i think it's quite nice *not* to have the visual
> feedback all the time - that way i can concentrate
> on the content of the text i'm creating without being
> distracted by occasional display glitches.

Note that i suggested it should occur only when one has
just written out the editor buffer.  Usually I do this
only at fairly well-defined stages of completion, which
is a natural time to have the result presented for
inspection.

Also, you can ignore the refresh going on in another
window.  Many people have stuff going on in other windows
that the one they're currently focussed on.