NextStep port is in bad shape

[Ian Eure]

So I've been running nightly builds from CVS HEAD for around four  
months now, and I'm alarmed to see that Emacs is getting closer to  
release, while the NextStep port is in really bad shape.

The main issue is performance. It's _really_ slow. In particular,  
using Flyspell makes it really horrible to use (#2056). There also  
seem to be problems with slow redrawing. If you highlight a URL in ERC  
with the mouse, then move point across it, you can see it lag and  
redraw the entire highlighted region. Drawing a highlight over a multi- 
line area is so slow that you can watch it draw.

In general, it just doesn't feel like it's ready for a stable release.  
Are these issues known and is someone working on them?

 - Ian