Le Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:53:20 +0800, Leon Brooks a �crit :

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:58, Frederic Crozat wrote:
>> I really don't understand how it can slow menudrake :
>> -saving progressbar is waiting for update-menus to finish
>> -startup progress bar is updating itself for each menu entry read and
>> there is no "frame rate" settings for it..
> 
> It updates the screen by sending X commands. If there are a lot of these 
> commands, X has to do a lot of work. Not noticeable except across (say) 
> an ADSL or slower link, when you're remotely administering. If you can 
> make a read-entry limit itself to flagging that a change has happened, 
> and then use a timer thread (sleep() signal, for example) to only fire 
> off an update max twice a second, this will cure it.

Still, I don't think it will slow menudrake operation.. Anyway, I've
reduced "saving progressbar" rate.. I don't think I can do anything more..

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Fr�d�ric Crozat
MandrakeSoft




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