QEDIT 2.1 Problems under VPIX

[Greg Wettstein]

I just received my QEDIT update disk and I am disappointed to find that
QEDIT Advanced Version 2.1 does not function as well as Version 2.07 under
VPIX.  Our group does an extensive amount of DOS development all under
the VPIX environment under XENIX 2.3.3.  QEDIT has been our editor of choice
but if we cannot determine what is causing the problem under 2.1 we may
have to consider changing editors.

The problem we have noted is that Version 2.1 has extremely slow response
to characters typed from the keyboard.  It should be noted that we have
installed Update A to VPIX which among other things solves the problem
of delayed keystrokes which almost made previous versions of VPIX unusable.

The problem with QEDIT is not so much one of keystrokes being buffered until
another key is pressed (the pre-update A problem) but rather just extremely
slow keyboard response.  Without very much effort I can type to the end of
a screen line and then pause for around 2 seconds while the screen catches
up to where I have paused.

I have stripped my TSR's from the environment and this does not seem to
affect the problem.  The problem also occurs independent of total system
load.  QEDIT has functioned so flawlessly in the past that I am puzzled
over this development.  In one of their update notices Mr. Mitchell
commented at one time that their group has experienced problems with
getting extended keyboards to function correctly, I am wondering if
something broke in their efforts to get seemless integration across all
platforms.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has experienced this
problem or who could possibly duplicate it.  I read news daily so replies
either to the net or via e-mail would be acceptable.  Thanks in advance
for any information which may be forthcoming.

                                   As always,
                                   Dr. G.W. Wettstein
                                   NU013809 at NDSUVM1

`The truest mark of a man's wisdom is his ability to listen to other men
 expound their wisdom.'