FM8 seems to be sluggish on my PC

[Syed.Hosain at aeris.net]

Richard Combs wrote:
> Your explanation makes sense, and suggests that the degree of slowdown
will depend on how many different pgf and char tags the cursor moves
through. There's a lot of information displayed in the Designer dialogs,
and if it changes every few characters or lines... 

I *think* (not sure though) that FM seems to check *every* time the
arrow key is pressed, regardless of whether there is an actual char tag
that it moves through. So, it slows down even when simply moving along
the same paragraph for example.

> But what I don't understand is why so many Framers are saying they
work with some or all of the Designer dialogs open. Why? Are you all
creating new formats on the fly, continually as you write??

Not really. It is mostly for convenience in my case. Which is why I am
going to try to run without them for a while! :)

Z