Re: [Nautilus-list] More on optimization

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On Monday, August 20, 2001, at 11:43  PM, Jeffrey W Balk wrote:

> I've been looking at speeding up Nautilus a bit, especially where it comes
> to opening a new window with a directory-list, and changing directories in
> a directory-list. I think a lot of small fixes need to be made to 
> eliminate
> any user-noticeable delays -- I've clocked opening a new window at 4+ 
> seconds,
> and changing a directory at over 1 second.

Thanks. Help would be appreciated.

> I think that a few places that could be improved are:
> location_has_really_changed -- This can take 1/2 second.

Well, the work done inside location_has_really_changed is displaying the 
new location. So I'd expect it to take some time. Profiling it to see what 
takes most of the time could be useful.

> The function calls that call nautilus_file_can_write, 
> nautilus_file_can_read,
> etc.

Sorry, I don't get what this sentence means.

> Any ideas on how to fix this up are appreciated!

I'd like to help, but I don't know what you are saying here. You are 
asking how to make things faster? I don't have any specific answers for 
you.

> Is anyone experienced with this area of the Nautilus code who has time to 
> work
> on it? Is there documentation anywhere so I can try to figure this stuff 
> out
> faster?

I'm experienced with this area of the code. Do you have a specific 
question?

There's some documentation in the nautilus/docs directory, but not very 
in-depth. It would be great to make some for the next fellow who comes 
along as you learn about it. I'd be happy to help review the document to 
ensure it's accurate.

    -- Darin