Package: mrxvt
Version: 0.5.2-2
Severity: normal
The mrxvt-0.5.2 source has a debugging constant defined that causes a very
noticeable slowdown, especially over a remote connection or when the
scrollback buffer gets large. I have waited awhile to report this because
I was expecting an 0.5.3 release (as hinted at in the following message),
but since this has not happened, I am still using a custom-compiled mrxvt
to get around this problem. It's a simple one-line fix, so it would be
nice to get this patch applied.
Thanks!
Dave
The following message is originally from the SourceForge forum, and can be
found at:
http://www.nabble.com/-Fixed--Slowdown-in-mrxvt-0.5.2-p6829320.html
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[Fixed] Slowdown in mrxvt-0.5.2 Click to flag this post
by Gautam Iyer-2 Oct 15, 2006; 11:51pm
Hi All,
I fixed the bugs reported by Roy Lanek and Garry Zhang. Both of them
reported that mrxvt-0.5.2 was a little slower redrawing the screen in
some situations.
The problem was a brain malfunction on my part. When coding, I had
enabled DEBUG_X in revision 168, and *forgotten* to turn this off! This
caused mrxvt to request synchronous processing of X events, and thus a
tremendous slowdown!
Attached is a patch that fixes this (alternately, use the version from
subversion).
I also noticed that some shared files from the subversion tree (terminfo
+ documentation) were missing in the released 0.5.2. Thus if Garry and
Roy both report the problem fixed, I will nuke the 0.5.2 release, and
re-release as 0.5.3. [And thanks to both of you for pointing it out. God
knows how long it might have gone unnoticed otherwise].
Let me know,
GI
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Alternative definitions of terms from Math Lectures:
PROOF OMITTED: Trust me, It's true.
Index: src/init.c
===================================================================
--- src/init.c (revision 195)
+++ src/init.c (working copy)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
# define DEBUG_X
#else
# define DEBUG_LEVEL 0
-# define DEBUG_X
+# undef DEBUG_X
#endif
#if DEBUG_LEVEL
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