ARACHNE TODOLIST - PROPOSED SOFTWARE CHANGE DETAILS
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Item numbers refer to the 2DoList table.
ITEM_18 Avoidable Cache delays
I have noticed delays in Arachne,
which delays increase in length as the number of items in the
cache increase. The delay when Arachne seems to be doing nothing
decreases to zero when the cache is emptied.
This of course is understandable for remote URLs as Arachne will
need to check whether a page has already been downloaded or not.
But the argument does not hold for local files.
And even more so, this should not apply to pages that are
re-formatted on every loading, such as the Inbox, Outbox and
other mail boxes. The delay even occurs on such operations as
reload (hotkey "R"), shell to DOS (hotkey "Alt-E") and calls to the
external editor.
I suspect that CORE.EXE is ALWAYS checking for cached versions of
the action even when this is not applicable.
This is not a change per se, rather an oddity that I have
noticed, which is probably more noticeable with my slow 486DX-33
processor.
By the way, the delay is now up to about 5 seconds with 122 items
in the cache. I have resisted clearing it just to see how far it
will go.
Further information on the delay: It seems to be occurring AFTER
a new screen is written, most of the time, in the case of screens
that are downloaded or loaded from cache.
And it occurs with shell-to-DOS and movemail1.dgi after the new
function is loaded.
Re FEATUS: It appears to be something that requires a Fix, not an
Enhance. The Arachne version is 1.73GPL, the CORE.EXE is the one
recompiled for 386 commands. The User proposing is me, the
Seconder if any is unknown as no-one else has mentioned having
this problem.
Solution (work-around) Using SMARTDRV and locating CACHE.IDX on ramdisk has madeit a lot faster.
ITEM_19 Mid-Word Wrapping
The following html results in the word "Seconder" wrapping after the "S"
when displayed in 640 X 480
Mid-word Wrapping example, when fist letter is Bolded
To send additions to the Arachne 2DoList please email
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with FEATUS information (Fix, or Enhance,
Arachne version, Title, User proposing,
Seconder)
ITEM_20 Hotlist size limit is less than 512
> In HOTLSMAN.C, the maximum number of items is defined as 512.
Mine was definitely limiting at 196 a few days ago.
Using a specially modified version of CORE.EXE from Joe, my
hotlist now overloads at 34,114 bytes and 378 items.
The limit seems to be imposed by the amount of memory allocated
for re-assembling the new hotlist file.