Re: Why gtk applications redraw so slow?

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel gnu org>]

> 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?

Wonder what exactly your test for performance is.

Popping up a window takes pretty much the same speed as raw Xlib.

Miguel