SF.net SVN: iterm:[1849] website/faq.shtml

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Revision: 1849
          http://iterm.svn.sourceforge.net/iterm/?rev=1849&view=rev
Author:   delx
Date:     2009-09-28 00:39:30 +0000 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009)

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Updated faq

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--- website/faq.shtml	2009-09-27 23:41:46 UTC (rev 1848)
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-		<div class="question">My preferences are lost after I upgraded!</div>
-		<div class="answer"><p>Please quit your iTerm. Then go to <tt>~/Library/Preferences/</tt>, and copy or rename iTerm.plist to net.sourceforge.iTerm.plist.</p></div>
+		<div class="question">I get blank windows, or transparent windows in expose.</div>
+		<div class="answer"><p>Try turning off blur in your terminals. Unfortunately Apple has yet to create a public API for this functionality, and the undocument API we use at the moment has glitches. Namely it doesn't work at all on some older Macs (eg, PowerPC iBook G4s), also on Snow Leopard it causes windows to disappear during expose.</p></div>
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+		<div class="question">My iTerm is too slow. What can I do to improve its performance?</div>
+		<div class="answer"><p>First of all, upgrade to the latest version. We are constantly updating the program to improve its performance. The latest version should run at least as fast as Apple's Terminal.app. Secondly, there are a couple of things you can tweak. Avoid using a big scrollback buffer. This would use a lot of memory especially if you have lots of tab open. Keeping windows geometry and font size small helps too. Disable transparency and anti-aliasing does have a minimal effect on speed. Turning off blur can improve performance dramatically for users with older computers. There is also an option to allow users to adjust the display refresh rate. Fast refreshing rate means more CPU usage, and it might decrease performance when there is a lot of scrolling.</p></div>
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 		<div class="question">Why my arrow/HOME/END keys are not working?</div>
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 			<p>In one of the old versions, there was a Terminal Profile called "Xterm (OS X)". That one CAN CAUSE this problem. Please remove it if you still have it.</p>
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-		<div class="question">Where does iTerm store its settings?</div>
-		<div class="answer"><p>Since version 0.8.0, all the setting is stored in <tt>~/Library/Preferences/iTerm.plist</tt>.  In case something goes wrong, you can delete this file and iTerm will generate a new settings file that should always work.</p></div>
+		<div class="question">My preferences are lost after I upgraded!</div>
+		<div class="answer"><p>Please quit your iTerm. Then go to <tt>~/Library/Preferences/</tt>, and copy or rename iTerm.plist to net.sourceforge.iTerm.plist.</p></div>
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-		<div class="question">My iTerm is too slow. What can I do to improve its performance?</div>
-		<div class="answer"><p>First of all, upgrade to the latest version. We are constantly updating the program to improve its performance. The latest version should run at least as fast as Apple's Terminal.app. Secondly, there are a couple of things you can tweak. iTerm does the fast drawing by caching the images of glyphs in the memory. Anything that helps to save memory helps the performance. Avoid using a big scrollback buffer. This would use a lot of memory especially if you have lots of tab open. Keeping windows geometry and font size small helps too. Disable anti-aliasing does a minimal effect on speed. Since version 0.9.0, there is a new option to allow users to adjust the display refresh rate. Fast refreshing rate means more CPU usage, and it might decrease performance when there is a lot of scrolling.</p></div>
+		<div class="question">Where does iTerm store its settings?</div>
+		<div class="answer"><p>Preferences, including profiles and bookmarks are stored in <tt>~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.iTerm.plist</tt>.  If something goes wrong, you can try deleting this file and iTerm will generate a new settings file that should always work.</p></div>
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-		<div class="question">The anti-aliasing looks funny. Is there a way to adjust it?</div>
-		<div class="answer"><p>Yes, there  is. There is a hidden setting of StrokeWidth and BoldStrokeWidth that you can play with. See the <a href="http://iterm.sourceforge.net/resource.shtml">Resource</a> page for details. Set them to 0 gives you a standard anti-alias rendering. Any negative number gives you a bolder look.</p></div>
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 		<div class="question">Characters on screen are not aligned correctly.</div>
 		<div class="answer"><p>Check the option for "use double width for Non-ASCII characters".</div>
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