[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#445323: cpu-intensive window redraw/window resize

[mmassonnet at gmail.com]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 11:03:59PM +0200, mike wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 07:54:28AM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> 
> Hey Yves-Alexis,
> 
> > Hmhm, ok. I don't really see such behavior here. But maybe I didn't
> > understand the test case. What should I do? Maximize a xfce4-terminal
> > window, then switch to another desktop, then switch back? Then
> > xfce4-terminal uses a lot of cpu? Did you check this in `top`? Is the
> > load continuous or does it stops after the switch?
> 
> I have a simple test case that proves the slowness of VTE (I had say):
> run “yes” and move the window around your workspace…  See?  Try that
> with a non-vte based terminal and it is fluent.
> 
> I can't tell if it was always so, but it is acceptable here.

Ah!  gnome-terminal doesn't suffer this problem indeed.

> Cheers!
> Mike