So I'm currently studying and doing questions on Xournal. Up to 34 pages and saving + load time is pretty painful. Also, when I initially load the program it shows a blank screen, any scroll action will show the drawings.
Shuhao On 11/22/2013 09:08 PM, D M German wrote: > > > Shuhao> For the problem with file loading, I have that issue. I try to keep > my > Shuhao> notes in under 14 pages per file because of this. > > Shuhao> Can't we not have multiple files inside the tar file? This means > that > Shuhao> each page (or two pages, whatever the optimal number is) gets its > own > Shuhao> xml file. We would only load pages as they are necessary, and even > Shuhao> freeing (on save, as an example). > > The problem is that xournal instantiates every single widget needed for > the entire document, eating a lot of memory. > > One solution is that, in single page mode, only the current page (and > perhaps the next and previous) are loaded. This will slow scrolling, but > if properly done it might work. > > But this requires a lot of work. > > --dmg > > > > Shuhao> Shuhao > > Shuhao> On 11/20/2013 10:24 PM, D M German wrote: > >> > >> > >> > Wilson> I'm interested to hear the resolution of this resize lag! Because > of the > Wilson> limitations of my netbook the memory usage and lag were probably > the two > Wilson> issues that impacted my experience the most. > >> > >> After the exercise to port to goocanvas, I can say that this problem is > >> not trivial to solve. > >> > >> The main problem is that xournal instantiates every single canvas item > >> when they are created/loaded from the file. This means that if you are > >> low in memory, and your document is large, your computer might start > >> trashing. > >> > >> The resize problem is not as difficult to solve (specially for one page > >> viewing). This might be done by resizing the current page interactively > >> and the rest of the pages in the background (something that is done > >> already for PDF backgrounds). Of course, the programming is not > >> trivial, but doable. > >> > >> > >> --dmg > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Daniel M. German > >> http://turingmachine.org/ > >> http://silvernegative.com/ > >> dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca > >> replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription > >> Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. > >> Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing > >> conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up > now. > >> > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xournal-devel mailing list > >> Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel > >> > > Shuhao> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Shuhao> Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription > Shuhao> Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech > innovation. > Shuhao> Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and > game-changing > Shuhao> conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. > Sign up now. > Shuhao> > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > Shuhao> _______________________________________________ > Shuhao> Xournal-devel mailing list > Shuhao> Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Shuhao> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel > > > -- > Daniel M. German "One person will bear with > dissent in matters of church government, > John Stuart Mill -> but not of dogma" > http://turingmachine.org/ > http://silvernegative.com/ > dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca > replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
