On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 06:04:14PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Pavel Sanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> gprof won't say anything about the time spent in qt, X11 and libc. It > >> is pretty useless for UI-related profiles. > > > > i dont understand this. gprof doesnt tell you e.g. that we are spending 90% > > time in whole-screen-repainting funtion in our code ? > > It does not count the time spent in the functions outside of LyX's own > code, because code has to be instrumented (compiled with -pg) to be > taken into account. > > JMarc
Would it be an idea to first try LyX's own -dbg painting, to see how repainting is being done? Especially in problem cases LyX may be simply doing too much. - Martin