Re: vte performance issues ...

[Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au>]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 10:11:29PM -0500, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > 	And to conclude - it's great to have an i18n-able terminal, but my
> > experience with it has been like wading through treacle: extraordinarily
> > frustrating.
> 
> Ever since reading some of P.G. Wodehouse's excellent book series on
> Wooster and Jeeves I have wondered this. What is treacle, and what are
> its uses (other than to be used in breaking and entering)?

Heh. :-) The more traditional use is as an ingredient in cooking. There
are some cultural barriers in place here, so Telsa or one of the Irish
Sun guys might have a different answer, but in Australia the thing
called treacle is similar to a very thick form of maple syrup (and much
more sickly sweet). However, over here, it is reasonably uncommon and we
tend to substitue "golden syrup", which is slightly different again, I
have been led to understand.

Malcolm