Re: Random Text and Attributes Scroll Quickly; Periodic, Slowly

[Grady Martin]

On 2015年09月02日 05時51分, SunnyCemetery wrote:
> All scrolling is vertical, and, except for the pads themselves, all factors are 
> equal.  Yet, the randomized pad scrolls quickly, while the periodic one scrolls 
> noticeably slower.  Why?

I have uploaded the putwin() output for these pads and would be grateful if 
somebody could test and confirm.  I would be even more grateful for some kind 
of explanation, as I am unable to make sense of a pad with more data and higher 
entropy scrolling faster than its simpler counterpart.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gmdpvz8gio135ob/AADTmhDwmL1D7JFtCvlrTW9ga?dl=0

I am using ncurses 5.9-7 and will post an update when my distro makes the jump 
to 6.