Re: [patch] Remove pangocairo from Gtk+ 2.8.20

["Matt Hoosier" <matt hoosier gmail com>]

Xan,

Thanks for the testing and feedback (and the port to 2.10.6). I'm
eager to see your graphs :)

--Matt

On 10/30/06, Xan López <xan lopez nokia com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've upgraded your patch against GTK+ 2.10.6, and we are getting great
> performance figures compared to GTK+ 2.10.6 with pangocairo too
> (basically at the level of GTK+ 2.6.10 again). Right now I'm working on
> a python/cairo script to get some nice graphics from a torture test
> session with several GTK+s, hope to get it ready soon.
>
> Xan
>
> El jue, 19-10-2006 a las 15:04 -0500, ext Matt Hoosier escribió:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Attached is a patch against gtk+-2.8.20 CVS which replaces the
> > pangocairo text rendering with the old pangoxft code from 2.6. It
> > targets embedded systems which currently suffer some performance
> > bottlenecks using Cairo for text.
> >
> > Note that in a few cases some fields of structures (e.g.,
> > _GdkGCX11.fg_picture and _GdkGCX11.fg_picture_color) had to be
> > re-added. This was done mainly because the restored pangoxft code used
> > them to calculate things. I'd gladly accept criticism about betters
> > ways to fetch the information using normal 2.8 internal state rather
> > than re-add those fields.
> >
> > gdk_screen_get_font_options() and gdk_screen_set_font_options() also
> > don't do anything now. I'm not so sure how much a problem this is in
> > practice.
> >
> > Using Manu Cornet's gtk-theme-torturer on some ARM hardware, 2.8.20
> > originally took about 55% longer than 2.6.10 to complete the GtkLabel
> > run. After these patches, it takes only about 8-10% longer than
> > 2.6.10.
> >
> > Thoughts?
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