[4.2.0] Dolphin is very slow

[James Richard Tyrer]

Mitch wrote:
> Carl-Valentin Schmitt a �crit :
>> I already said, that your flatscreen is an easteregg who recognizes, if you
>> smile or not.
>> if you smile, your puter jumps with joy.
>>
>>
>> 2009/3/3 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc at arcor.de>
>>
>>   
>>> Is it normal that Dolphin is so slow to open directories?  For example,
>>> when I open /usr/lib in it, it takes about 30 seconds to get the
>>> contents listed (in which time Dolphin is completely frozen).
>>>
>>> ___________________________________________________
>>>     
> 'Far as I know, opening /usr/lib takes a while because, well, /usr/lib 
> contains lotsa files; but, still, Nautilus (in GNOME) opens the same 
> without becoming unresponsive (I can still edit prefs). Dolphin's 
> threads may need some rework.
> 
Yes, proper threading could make the GUI much more responsive.  But, is 
this part of Qt and it is Qt that needs to be modified so that there is 
a short loop thread that accepts input and passes it on to longer 
threads that do the actual work?
-- 
JRT

Linux (mostly) From Scratch

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