Re: Why gtk applications redraw so slow?

[Antonio Campos <acampos ceronet com>]

Federico Mena Quintero wrote:

> >  Why gtk applications redraw so slow compared to KDE applications or
> >  others X-Window applications?
> >  Is it inherent to the design of gtk?
>
> Do you have any benchmarks?
>
> If you are using the pixmap theme engine, you are screwed, because it
> is buggy.  Use the default theme engine or one of the Gdk-based ones
> (like ThinIce).
>
>   Federico
>
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I don't have any benchmarks, but with the same SVGA-Server in 16 bits and
800x600, KDE draws the windows a lot faster than GNOME or
GTK applications do. (The same is true for the Banshee server, as I have
seen it...)
What I mean is that if it's possible than the redrawing of GTK
applications is slower by a factor of design of the API? Does anybody
knows something? Can it be solved?