use_KeyPress as global setting

[jackb@guppy.us]

Use a dual processor if you need to use DOS box a lot.  DOS is not 
prementive or well behaved.  Once ran a DOS program under NT (could 
not get DOS lincense any more.  Had to have dual processors... DOS 
window took 100% of 1 CPU.  So one for NT and one for DOS.


On 12 Jun 2003 at 15:40, Barry Zubel wrote:

> I've noticed that using a DOS prompt in *ANY* remote software (VNC,
> pcAnywhere, RDS, etc) is extremely slow, which I have attributed to
> the 'host' machine spending more clock cycles on it.
> 
> If you open Task Mangler and view the processor usage before and while
> you open a dos prompt, you will probably see the usage increase quite
> a lot.
> 
> Whether this is connected to the slow typing, I have no idea.
> 
> 
> 
> Barry Zubel
> IT Manager
> Able Packaging Designs Ltd
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin@realvnc.com]
> On Behalf Of Jon Sent: 12 June 2003 15:30 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
> Subject: use_KeyPress as global setting
> 
> 
> I've got the "keypress update problem" described here:
> http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2003-January/037069.html
> 
> Updating on typing is slow (and it annoys me!)
> 
> I fixed it completely for notepad by setting use_KeyPress to 1 in its
> Application_Prefs key. However, there was no cmd.exe there and even if
> I
> 
> add it and all the keys i couldnt get it working.
> 
> In my case
> 
> - Changing the server update handling properties to "Poll Foreground
> Window" and "Poll on Event Recieved only" instead of "Poll Console
> Window only"
> 
> helps somewhat, but notepad is still much more responsive than
> cmd.exe.
> 
> So can use_KeyPress work with cmd.exe?
> 
> client WinXP pro
> server win2k pro
> 
> WinVNC 3.3.7
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