Re: Why gtk+ application are so slow



On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 17:03 +0000, Joao Victor wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:08:54 -0500, Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> wrote:
> > 
> > Try 'fc-cache -f' as root on your system, have stale font caches
> > is a common cause of startup slowness.
> 
> Someone recently found out there's an issue with Pango that makes
> rendering slower when using non-english languages, or something
> similar... i wish that was fixed :/ Haven't seen any news about that
> lately.

Until someone mentions it to me (I'm the Pango maintainer), I'd suggest
you don't worry about it. 

Pango is slower for complex script (because they are complex), but
Portuguese (just guessing from your name) is just written and Latin and
should be as fast as English.

> Anyways, is there anyway i can check out if my system is not already
> doing this 'fc-cache' trick?

Not really, no. Just try it.

Regards,
							Owen

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