Test KDevelop4 with --graphicssystem native

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 22.11.09 00:57:51, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 21.11.09 22:23:54, Aleix Pol wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > On 21.11.09 13:42:25, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > a recent bugreport shows that raster engine isn't quite the right choice
> > > > in all cases (remote X, i.e. ssh -X or XDMCP). Which made me re-check
> > > > how fast it is nowadays (with Qt4.6) at rendering text. The good news
> > > > is, its fast enough to type quickly in kate.
> > > >
> > > > As this is only 1 system I currently have with Qt4.6, I'd like to gather
> > > > some feedback from other people running Qt4.6. So please try running
> > > > kdevelop with --graphicssystem native and work with that. Let me know
> > > > wether its faster as before or slower (we're using raster on Qt4.5.2 and
> > > > later).
> > > >
> > > > I suggest that if we don't find enough data one way or the other we'll
> > > > keep what we have now and see how many bugreports we receive during the
> > > > KDE4.4 phase and re-evaluate based on that for 4.1.
> > >
> > > I've done a test on my old HP laptop (its from 2003, 1.4GHz CPU, 1G RAM,
> > > Intel graphics), with Qt4.5.3 and KDE 4.3.3. There was no noticeable
> > > difference between raster and native graphicsmode on that machine. In
> > > fact it was reasonably fast and I could've actually used kdevelop there.
> > >
> > > Andreas
> > >
> > > --
> > > It is so very hard to be an
> > >
> > > on-your-own-take-care-of-yourself-because-there-is-no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you
> > > grown-up.
> > 
> > I've tried it with composite enabled and it's slightly faster with raster.
> 
> Aah, good idea. I can't try with composite on the old laptop, but I'll
> try that tomorrow on the new machine. I recall that playing a role to
> some extent.

Well, I did the test right-away: No problem on the desktop machine with
compositing on. (I don't have many effects on, currently only shadow and
the fading of windows blocked by dialogs)

Andreas

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