Re: gtk performance testing [was Re: GNOME 2.11/2.12 targeting GTK+ 2.8 (ie cairo based)]

[Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy gmail com>]

> When you draw a line or a curve using cairo, it is decomposed
> into trapezoids which are rendered by RENDER.

Sorry if this question is quite naive, but I wonder why cairo seems to
generate such a large amount of overhead at all - why can't simple
operations like fills and blits which are the most used  not be
executed just like it was before switching to cairo just using plain
x?

I do not mean using cairo+x but furthermore let cairo do stuff that
can be done using x-core do by x-core and not create trapezoids out of
every curve?
Seems I don't get something...

lg Clemens