Hi Brad.
We're running Protel99se SP6 on NT4 SP6a and I notice the exact problem you
describe as "pregnant pauses" and only in the PCB editor. As said earlier,
this never existed until 99se (I don't know about 99). I initially thought
it may have something to do with scanning for mouse movement as this seemed
to wake Protel up to the keystrokes, however I have concluded this is not
the case. This was the case in an early version of PCAD (4.5?) and I had a
brief moment of reminiscence (gr?). It would be great if someone could
solve this.
Brad, a small point but it might save the overuse of your "E" key. I've
found using "E" to access the Edit menu sub-commands is redundant, eg. to
move polygon vertices just use "M"-"G". At worst this eliminates one of
those annoying pregnant pauses!
Cheers
Brendon.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] CLARIFICATION: Speed problem with Protel 99SE in PCB e
> ditor !
>
>
> > To anybody following this thread,
> > when reading some responses to my original post I realized that my
> > explanation might have been a bit lacking. The "pregnant pauses" that I
> see
> > are between the two keystrokes of certain commands, they are not after
the
> > entry of the full command.
> > For instance I can press "X" to deselect, I get a significant pause,
> > then I get the secondary menu and I can press "A" for all. If I just
press
> > "X" "A" in immediate sequence, I get the secondary menu showing up a few
> > seconds later and the program apparently didn't react to my "A" key
stroke
> > and I have to enter the "A" again. Similarly I get the same response to
> > other two key shortcuts like "V" "R" for view redraw, "E" "M" "G" for
move
> > polygon vertices (2 pregnant pauses) or "Z" "W" for zoom window. I
> probably
> > get them elsewhere as well but these are the operations I commonly use
> > shortcut keys to access rather then the toolbar buttons.
> > Therefore "I" conclude that this is not the usual pauses caused by
> > the analyzing net issues or other processing issues, as I believe that
> those
> > pauses occur only after and not between keystrokes of a single command
> > sequence.
> > Any comments Colby? I hope that you might have something up your
> > sleeve of tricks to point me in the right direction to a resolution.
> >
> > Brad Velander,
> > Lead PCB Designer,
> > Norsat International Inc.,
> > #300 - 4401 Still Creek Dr.,
> > Burnaby, B.C., V5C 6G9.
> > Tel. (604) 292-9089 direct
> > Fax (604) 292-9010
> > website www.norsat.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mike Reagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 6:18 PM
> > > To: Protel EDA Forum
> > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Re[2]: Speed problem with Protel 99SE in
> > > PCB editor
> > > !
> > >
> > >
> > > Brad,
> > > I was also experiencing long delays with NT 4 SP 5. I unloaded NT and
> > > jumped to 98 and my delay went away. I had been using NT
> > > for the past 4- 5
> > > years but have found better performance with Win 98. One
> > > of these days I
> > > will try one of the newer generation OS's.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Reagan
> > > EDSI
> > > Frederick MD
> >
>
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