John Polstra wrote:
>Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
>> 
>> As a data point, CVSup runs nicely, but if I iconify it and deiconify it,
>> it takes about forEVER (maybe 10, 15 seconds on a PPro 180) to redisplay
>> itself completely.
>
>Yes, that's when the problem is most obvious.
>
>Here's the bottom line from my point of view.  CVSup is slow to update
>the GUI because it is busy doing more important things, i.e., updating
>your files as quickly as it can.  I agree that it can be annoying.
>But would you really want me to slow down file updates just so the GUI
>could look better?

In my view, the non-GUI mode provides excellent feedback (depending on
the level of verbosity), so I'd certainly prefer to see the focus remain
speed, as opposed to the GUI.

I seem to recall that a certain OS, which will remain nameless, used to
spend more file-copy time calculating and updating progress bars than
actually moving data (all controlled I/O, IIRC).  It looked nice, was
very responsive and the progress bars were smooth and accurate to the
pixel, but it isn't the route I'd choose!  (To be fair, this was probably
a relic of the floppy-drive days.)

Thomas Stephens
t...@stephens.org


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