RE: Redrawing slow?

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

I have had problems with speed with the pixmap stuff also. Anything that
uses the pixmap engine is slow. even on a dual p2 350. :(

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark R. Bowyer [SMTP:Moredhel@earthling.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 13, 1999 8:00 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Re: Redrawing slow?
> 
> 
> >From: sluzynsk@sound.net
> >Yep, it's probably the theme. Try the default gtk theme to compare, it
> >will probably seem MUCH faster. If it doesn't then there may be another
> >problem.. 
> >
> >On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Johan Groth wrote:
> >> I've used a couple of Gnome applications now for a couple of days
> >> (mainly balsa and gmc) and have noticed that redrawing the window after
> >> a window resize or change of layout is very slow compared to a motif
> >> application. Is this because of the theme I'm using (pixmap) or is
> >> gnomeUI, gtk+ and friends just slow?
> 
> 
> I tried using the E theme for GTK+ for a while (which uses the PixMap
> engine) 
> and it was so slow (on my SPARc Ultra10 300Mhz) that I switched back
> within the 
> day.  It also stole too many colours on my bbpp framebuffer =O(
> 
> With the default theme, it snaps away very nicely =O)
> 
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