On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Michael Dagitses <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone find yi to perform sluggishly in Linux? Particularly when run > in large windows and on larger files? > > Here is a summary of what I've found: > > When running on Mac OS X in terminal, I am unable to ever get yi to perform > badly. Even when running maximized terminal on a 24 inch monitor on very > large files. A++! > > > When running yi on linux, however, I get fairly large performance issues, > particularly when moving the caret up and down in files (even if the frame > is not forced to refresh). So for example, if I hold down the down key for > a few seconds, it will lag and not finish moving down for several seconds > after releasing the key. > > I have tried this across a wide variety of terminals (uxterm, urxvt, xterm, > gnome-terminal) and have had the same results. Also I have tried using two > different window managers (xmonad and gnome), with no noticeable effect. > The only factor that seems to have an impact is making the terminal windows > smaller, but I find this solution to be unsatisfactory.
Did you make sure that 1. The size of the terminals are the same in terms of row + columns? 2. The input character repetition rate is the same? So far I attributed performance difference to these factors, but I never did any precise measurement. > This is a very high performance workstation (8 core, 8gb ram), so I do not > consider it likely that this is the issue. The monitor is large (30in), but > I do not think that should be a factor when the terminals are sized much > smaller than that. > > A further note to suggest it is not the machine (at least the non-graphical > parts of the machine) nor the Linux OS that is the source of the issues is > that yi performs well on this machine when sshed from a Mac. > > Does anyone else have a similar experience to this when running Linux? Any > suggestions for mitigating these issues? Also, I am willing to provide any > additional information that could be of help here, just let me know what is > required. I used to experience slowness in linux too, but this seems to be gone now... (See issue 214) Are you using the very latest version of the repository? Cheers, JP. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Yi development mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/yi-devel -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
