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Re: Newer qt5 texmacs is slow while editing


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  • From: Dennis Nezic <address@hidden>
  • To: TeXmacs <address@hidden>
  • Cc: address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: Newer qt5 texmacs is slow while editing
  • Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:12:45 -0400
  • Organization: My Other Backup Email Address

I'm running Gentoo's texmacs-1.99.11 ebuild, on an x86_64 cpu. I'm
trying to compile it without Qt, to see if that changes anything.

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:33:56 +0100, TeXmacs wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> That is bad news, but note that the official releases are still based
> on Qt4; the Qt5 version is currently in a test phase. Could you give
> us more details on your system and what version of TeXmacs you are
> using (do you use some pre-compiled binary or did you do the
> compilation yourself)?
>
> Best wishes, --Joris
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 09:52:57PM -0400, Dennis Nezic wrote:
> > I don't think this is the same question covered in the FAQ, which
> > places the blame on bad 2d gpu drivers. I was comfortably using the
> > older non-qt 1.0.7 version for years before, so I think it's
> > something new that was introduced between then and the 1.99
> > series :P. Is there anything I can do to try speeding things up?
> >
> > With the new qt5 based version, my cpu regularly hovers above 50%,
> > even while typing basic non-math stuff. Even using my left/right
> > keyboard keys to move through text, my cpu often reaches 70%. Heck,
> > even pressing the Home or End keys can spike my cpu to 80%, and
> > there is a frustrating delay before the cursor actually visually
> > jumps.



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