9.04 VI slow response in gnome-terminal

[Marius Gedminas]

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 08:40:27PM -0400, Robert Gibbs wrote:
> Since I upgraded to 9.04, VI has become almost unusable when run inside
> gnome-terminal.  The character buffer falls behind such that I see my typing
> a few seconds after I press the key.  There is no significant load on the
> system and VI runs just fine inside an xterm.  I would switch to xterm, but
> the font isn't as nice.

Sounds like you've discovered this issue:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904#Performance%20regressions%20on%20Intel%20graphics%20cards

Marius Gedminas
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