On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 05:11:11PM +0100, Gerd Knorr wrote: > > > It caches information to reduce startup times. dlopen() 10 *.so files > > > and doing various function calls to get all the info stored in that file > > > takes some time ... > > > > Yeah but I _don't_ _need_ _no_ _libquicktime_ _codecs_, so avoiding to waste > > all that time can be done simply by not doing that unless I have actually > > requested something that needs libquicktime codecs. > > xawtv wants to know: when it creates all the windows and widgets at > startup time. There is a menu with the available codecs in the record > dialog ...
Yeah, but I don't use that in xawtv. The program could be smart and expect that some of its users just want to, uh, watch TV. :) -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.