[Gimp-user] Large window size causes lag

[michael673 <forums gimpusers com>]

I wanted to quickly add to this discussion. This bug is still present. As Jehan
mentioned they haven't had time to fix this yet. I discovered it after
installing a Wacom Cintiq 13HD and testing it out on Gimp 2.8.14 yesterday (Nov
2015). Removing 'rulers' is a temp fix but I'm hoping this bug gets some
attention soon.

> Hi,
> This is a known bug which has actually been introduced by a recent
> version of libcairo.
> See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736220
>
> A solution for the time being is using an older libcairo. In an older
> version of GIMP (2.8.10), save libcairo-2.dll (and maybe
> libpixman-1-0.dll as well), then after updating to 2.8.14, replace the
> newly installed DLLs by the 2 you saved. The lag bug should be gone.
> At least that is what a user told us in the aforementionned bug
> report.
>
> The actual bug will be fixed when a libcairo developer, or maybe one
> of us, will look closer into this. I've been meaning to do this myself
> as well, but never took the time for such a thing.
>
> Jehan


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