Re: how efficient is the canvas

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel gnu org>]

> There are several possible performance bottlenecks in canvas, but as much
> as I've looked at it, they are all caused by temporary workarounds in some
> methods. General framework is very good.

If you work into performance problems, you can always implement your
specific canvas item to improve speed and control (this is what
Gnumeric does for the "grid", actually it does it for a few other
things as well).

Miguel.