> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Davis [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 30 July 2005 06:47 > To: Robert Thorpe > Cc: gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: GTK+ 2 speed > > On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 19:36 +0100, Robert Thorpe wrote: > > On Windows there are two similar operations, using Alt-tab to move > > between applications and pressing the "desktop" button > which minimizes > > all windows. On my machine both of these are much faster, > taking much > > less than a second. > > this depends a *lot* on the video interface. under X, > switching back to a terminal window and then back to X will > sometimes cause a complete reset of the video interface h/w. > on my nvidia-driven laptop, for example, i see the behavior > you describe. on other systems i have with different video > interfaces, it does not exist for me. > > windows has no equivalent - you cannot toggle in and out of > the frame- buffer based display mode. switching desktops > under windows is really not equivalent in a technological > sense to switching between a frame- buffer controlled X > display and a text-driven console. You're right, I went back and fiddled with my system a lot. The redraw is slow on that particular operation because of some aspect X not because of GTK+ (or GNOME). _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
