% wc xxx.log 11914 285936 7632811 s1.director.outlier % time cat xxx.log ...
(mrxvt) cat xxx.log 0.00s user 0.04s system 0% cpu 3:54.50 total (xterm) cat xxx.log 0.00s user 0.05s system 0% cpu 1:03.51 total (gnome-terminal) cat xxx.log 0.00s user 0.04s system 1% cpu 2.621 total Gnome-terminal is absolutely faster. Note that mrxvt didn't use much CPU. Only its wall-clock time took long. I guess it blocked on some IO operations. BTW, I'm using GNOME on Solaris. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:33 AM, Gautam Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 08:15:31PM -0400, Seung Jun wrote: > >> 1. It's a text file about 30,000 lines with each line 80-200 >> characters wide. Since it's an application log file of proprietary >> software, I can't really ship it. However, I don't think the behavior >> shouldn't be content-specific, so hopefully you can pick a file that >> reproduces the problem. > > How slow? When I cat'ed a 75000 line on my system, using a transparent > mrxvt with Xft + anti-aliasing (which is always the slowest at drawing > text), it finished in 5 seconds. Doing the same in an inactive tab or > obscured window finished in less than a second. > > Doing the same on xterm took over 2 minutes. (Same when the xterm window > was hidden. And it flickered a *lot*). > >> 2. Yes, I ran it on different terms. It works best with >> gnome-terminal, very smooth and fast scrolling. Xterm works well too, >> slightly slower but still smooth. > > Did you have Xft enabled in both mrxvt and xterm? > > Anyway, if you want this to perform better / worse look at the > documentation about --skipPages / --refreshLimit. > > GI > > PS: I find it surprising that 0.5.4 performs *worse* than it's > predecessors. The --skipPages / --refreshLimit options were > introduced in 0.5.3 (I think), after which mrxvt outperforms it's > predecessors and xterm by a *large* margin. > > There was such an issue raised before, which was because the debug > option was enabled. Did you disable debug in your 0.5.4 > installation? > > -- > The 10 Commandments of DOS: > 6. Thou shall edit and shuffle the sacred lines of CONFIG.SYS and > AUTOEXEC.BAT until DOS functions adequately for the likes of you. Giving > up in disgust is not allowed. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Materm-devel mailing list > Materm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/materm-devel > mrxvt home page: http://materm.sourceforge.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Materm-devel mailing list Materm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/materm-devel mrxvt home page: http://materm.sourceforge.net
