[Konsole-devel] [Bug 158844] Machine load increases when much text is scrolling through konsole, system reacts slowly

[Dirk Heinrichs]

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------- Additional Comments From dirk.heinrichs.ext nsn com  2008-03-07 08:19 -------
> Is this load happening inside Konsole or inside X.org?  (in other words,
> when viewing processor usage using a tool such as ksysguard, is X.org using
> the CPU or is Konsole)

Looks to be X.org.

> By default xterm uses a simpler non-antialiased font which is somewhat
> quicker to draw than Konsole's antialiased fonts.  You can turn
> anti-aliasing on in xterm, or off in Konsole to get a more equal footing.

Hmm, can't find where to change it in either program.

> Every time the screen scrolls Konsole repaints the whole window in KDE 3.5.
> Scrolling the screen is somewhat faster, especially with large windows, in
> KDE 4 where Konsole tries to only draw newly exposed lines.

Will try KDE4's konsole.