Re: gtk+ and gtk-engines slow

[Marcus Brubaker <spoon elpaso net>]

Yeah, I've used it.  I was refering to a proper capplet.  I would just
write/modify one myself, but I'm at work, and wouldn't know what I was
doing anyway.

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 mozart@windsor.igs.net wrote:

> 
> Ever try the program imlib_config ? it works great, and what a bonus, a
> pretty interface, yay! :)
> 
> On 23-Jan-99 Marcus Brubaker wrote:
> > I'm probably sticking my nose where it doesn't belong (it wouldn't be
> > the
> > first time) but it's a shame to see the both of you, both exceptional
> > programmers that are obviously quite stubborn, fueding about something
> > like this.  I'm inclined to side with raster in that hosing the cache
> > arbitrarily in such a way is a bad idea, but the happy medium is to set
> > a
> > *default* in a config file to turn Imlib caching on or off.  I think
> > defaulting it to on is a good idea and then those 486 users that can't
> > handle the cache can turn it off by hand until someone writes a capplet
> > (or modifies one) to do it in a pretty interface.  Lets stop bickering
> > and
> > just get back to what we all love to do, hacking. :)
> > 
> > On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 raster@redhat.com wrote:
> > 
> >> On 23 Jan, Miguel de Icaza scribbled:
> >> ->  
> >> ->  > The solution is to leave caching on. miguel wanted it off by
> >> default.
> >> ->  > All my code I write for Imlib ASSUMES caching - its SO HANDY  it
> >> means
> >> ->  > having to write very little intelligent code since all the smarts
> >> are
> >> ->  > handled for me. imlib is a high-level Image loading and display
> >> library
> >> ->  > - not low level. :)
> >> ->  
> >> ->  In GNOME we do not assume that.  So, that logic that might make
> >> sense
> >> ->  in Englightment is turned off for us.
> >> ->  
> >> ->  See my previous post for a solution in the case of the gtk-engines
> >> setup.
> >> 
> >> I have reasons for caching - I designed the cache etc. for a very god
> >> reasona nd I make use of it in my code. App slike electic Eyes, E,
> >> gtk-pixmap theme etc. rely on it for performance reasons. overriding
> >> user preferences forcibly in gnome-libs is the most evil thing i've
> >> ever
> >> seen. all performance issues wiht imlib and gnome hencefore I will deny
> >> any responsability for. This is all on your head, not mine. I disagre
> >> with you on this and I have my reasons. I will let you bog gnome down
> >> if
> >> you want.
> >> 
> >> ->  Miguel.
> >> ->  
> >> ->  
> >> 
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> > Marcus Brubaker
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> > http://www.elpaso.net/~spoon
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> >     -Nietzsche
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Marcus Brubaker
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