Re: gtk+ and gtk-engines slow

[raster redhat com]

On 23 Jan, bratsche@dfw.net scribbled:
->  
->  Okay, I understand now. Now I'm -really- looking forward to Imlib 2.0. =)
->  If Imlib 2.0 will be capable of caching a single button.png to be shared
->  amongst multiple applications using the pixmap engine, that could
->  potentially save quite a bit of memory.

that is the idea - but this system requires massive changes and a HELL
of a lot of work thus is being put off till after gnome 1.0 - band-aid
solutions liuek truning off caching for everyone only hurt people more
than it benefits anyone.



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