Re: slow Remote X-windows displaying...

[Geoff Reedy <vader21 imsa edu>]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 10:41:41AM -0500, Cory Lueninghoener <cluening@cse.unl.edu> said
> 
> Speaking of slow rendering, I have an old 486 set up that I use as an X
> terminal.  When running gtk apps that use the tree widget (gmc and the
> gnome control center most notably), I notice gobs of slow, seemingly
> redundant redraws each time the tree is updated.  Is this just part of the
> way gtk draws it's widgets, or is there something funky in the code for
> those programs that tells it to refresh many times?

If the aplication uses GtkCTree it probably doesn't gtk_clist_freeze it
first.  If the application uses GtkTree it's probably because the widget is
ineffecient.

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Geoffrey Reedy                   Student Network System Administrator
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