Re: [matplotlib-devel] Unnecessary rerendering in wx/wxagg backends

2008-04-14 Thread Gregor Thalhammer
Hi Christopher, thanks for your valueable feedback. I am proceeding slowly, but steadily. > > > backend_qtagg.py seems to contain a proper (more or >> less, see other postings of Ted Drain) implementation of double >> buffered drawing that avoids unnecessary rerendering of the bitmap. > > It stil

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Unnecessary rerendering in wx/wxagg backends

2008-04-14 Thread Ted Drain
Just a note about the speed of blitting: Generally speaking, blitting on a local machine is VERY fast. However, if you log in to a remote machine and display the window locally (remote machine to local X server), blitting can be the slowest part of the whole operation. Profiling of the QtAgg bac

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Unnecessary rerendering in wx/wxagg backends

2008-04-14 Thread Christopher Barker
Ted Drain wrote: > Just a note about the speed of blitting: Your points are well taken. I had forgotten about remote X sessions, and yes, if you need to convert to a different type of pixmap, that can take time too, so keeping it to just what's needed does make sense. -Chris -- Christopher