On 7/26/05, Jakub Piotr Cłapa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What? IP-domain? And what about SHM and Unix sockets? The network > transparency of X Windows is not the source of poor performance...
Actually, considering how verbose X11 protocol is "over the wire," yes it is. However, you are correct that X11 itself isn't the problem here. GTK is more than an order of magnitude slower than raw X11 (as aptly demonstrated by comparing PCB and gPCB's performance on the same hardware) is. Also, the presence and utilization of SHM are negotiated via the socket. I believe, IIRC (and I could be wrong), that ONLY data is transferred via SHM. Actual X protocol commands are still sent via the socket. -- Samuel A. Falvo II
