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.

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