On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+libreoff...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Norbert, *, > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Norbert Thiebaud <nthieb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Christian Lohmaier >> <lohmaier+libreoff...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> [..] >>> * visible cursor travelling, input sequence checking and detection of >>> writing mode that are only active for CTL might have a tiny >>> performance impact >> >> Either it _has_ a tiny performance impact >> or it _might_ have a performance impact >> But qualifying a performance impact, that has not been measured, as >> 'tiny' up-front, is 'begging the question'. > > Well, I have a fairly slow machine, and I have enable Asian language > support enabled and don't notice any difference compared to not having > it enabled. But I don't work with huge documents. > Also I frequently did enable CTL support when I was doing more QA work > (processing issues) and didn't note any performance drawbacks either, > but then again I only used it to check/verify bugs, not to actually > create documents that are RTL or whatnot. > > I only use the textgrid and vertical writing myself. > >> (note: it is quite possible that the impact, if any, is >> tiny/negligible... I'm just objecting to the biased wording of the >> statement of 'fact') > > Well, free free to provide some numbers, or even a way to measure it. > If stuff is done in addition, that needs more CPU. That is my > rationale. I myself didn't notice any penalty that would make me not > activate the option because of performance issues, but I'm no heavy > user myself. >
Fair enough. >>> * will work out-of the box for all users >> No regression for any document that does not rely on these features today ? >> (note: This is not a rhetorical question. I honestly do not know if >> these options only impact the UI or if they also can impact the way a >> document is rendered) > > Well - I always was under the assumption that the option would only > affect the UI, but Eike corrected me on that point and mentioned the > additional input sequence checking and writing mode detection & cursor > traveling stuff that is only used with the option enabled. > > If there is a change in rendering of the document based on whether the > option is enabled or not, then it is a bug. I agree it would be... I'm concerned that they would all become very visible at once... Norbert _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
