Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:35:53AM +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > This is not a helpful entry. I'm an experienced LyXer but I still don't > > understand what the name "pixmap" is for and what "subpixel hinting" is. I > > need a more simple explanation for the UserGuide. Whi

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Bennett Helm
On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:26 AM, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This works for me with 1.6svn (I'm not blind!), but I still don't notice any difference with 1.5svn. This is strange. The fix is identical in branch and trunk. Yep. And I verified again that

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> For the user guide, just write something like: many thanks Uwe

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > This is not a helpful entry. I'm an experienced LyXer but I still don't > understand what the name "pixmap" is for and what "subpixel hinting" is. I > need a more simple explanation for the UserGuide. While googling I only > found that this cache is used for icons and bitmaps tha

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Except for the icons part, it's correct. This cache is only about text painting. > Look at the status.15x entry: > > - The pixmap cache that was introduced in LyX 1.5.2 to improve performance > can now be switched on and off in Preferences, since it might decrease >

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> Except for the icons part, it's correct. This cache is only about text painting. > Look at the status.15x entry: > > - The pixmap cache that was introduced in LyX 1.5.2 to improve performance > can now be switched on and off in Preferences, since it might decrease > on-screen display qualit

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-05 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This works for me with 1.6svn (I'm not blind!), but I still don't notice any difference with 1.5svn. This is strange. The fix is identical in branch and trunk. Yep. And I verified again that the cache is enabled/disabled in sync with with the c

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I need to describe this in the docs. What exactly does the pixmap? Is this description correct?: B.1.1.6 Pixmap Cache The option Enable Pixmap Cache activates a cache for screen fonts and icons like toolbar buttons. Using this cache improves the speed p

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Bennett Helm wrote: > This works for me with 1.6svn (I'm not blind!), but I still don't   > notice any difference with 1.5svn. This is strange. The fix is identical in branch and trunk. Jürgen

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Bennett Helm
On Nov 4, 2007, at 7:18 AM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Am 04.11.2007 um 11:42 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: (In switching, I quit and restarted LyX each time, not knowing whether that would make a difference or not.) Am I just blind? I never was able to see the diff

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Stefan Schimanski
Am 04.11.2007 um 13:46 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Stefan Schimanski wrote: It works as expected here. With pixmap cache enabled subpixel rendering is off, with the option switched to off the subpixel rendering is working fine again. Glad to hear that. You're on Mac, right? Yes. Stefan

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Stefan Schimanski wrote: > It works as expected here. With pixmap cache enabled subpixel   > rendering is off, with the option switched to off the subpixel   > rendering is working fine again. Glad to hear that. You're on Mac, right? Jürgen

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Stefan Schimanski
Am 04.11.2007 um 11:42 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: (In switching, I quit and restarted LyX each time, not knowing whether that would make a difference or not.) Am I just blind? I never was able to see the difference anyway. I guess it depends on the font used t

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > (In switching, I quit and restarted LyX each time, not knowing whether > > that would make a difference or not.) > > > > Am I just blind? > > I never was able to see the difference anyway. I guess it depends on the > font used too. But if it's still "bad", we have to i

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I need to describe this in the docs. What exactly does the pixmap? Is this description correct?: B.1.1.6 Pixmap Cache The option Enable Pixmap Cache activates a cache for screen fonts and icons like toolbar buttons. Using this cache improves the speed performance of LyX b

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Bennett Helm wrote: On Nov 2, 2007, at 7:15 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: And I confirm that it works fine. Good. I applied the thing to branch. Will do trunk later. I just updated and recompiled branch, and found the preference setting, but I don't notice any dif

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-03 Thread Bennett Helm
On Nov 2, 2007, at 7:15 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: And I confirm that it works fine. Good. I applied the thing to branch. Will do trunk later. I just updated and recompiled branch, and found the preference setting, but I don't notice any difference whether it's

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> I applied the thing to branch. I need to describe this in the docs. What exactly does the pixmap? Is there a wiki-page about this? regards Uwe

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > And I confirm that it works fine. Good. I applied the thing to branch. Will do trunk later. Jürgen

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: The attached patch implements a pref option to enable the pixmap cache on Windows and the Mac (it is now disabled by default). I cannot really test, since I'm on Linux. Could someone do thi

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: The attached patch implements a pref option to enable the pixmap cache on Windows and the Mac (it is now disabled by default). I cannot really test, since I'm on Linux. Could someone do this and check that it work

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: The attached patch implements a pref option to enable the pixmap cache on Windows and the Mac (it is now disabled by default). I cannot really test, since I'm on Linux. Could someone do this and check that it works? -bool const usePixmapCac

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: It can be done easily, if needed. I think you should do it. Sorry, I mean you should implement the option in trunk first and then backport it to branch. Abdel.

Re: [patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-02 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: The attached patch implements a pref option to enable the pixmap cache on Windows and the Mac (it is now disabled by default). I cannot really test, since I'm on Linux. Could someone do this and check that it works? -bool const usePixmapCache = USE_PIXMAP_CACHE; +bo

[patch] pixmap cache goes rc

2007-11-01 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
The attached patch implements a pref option to enable the pixmap cache on Windows and the Mac (it is now disabled by default). I cannot really test, since I'm on Linux. Could someone do this and check that it works? I do not plan to forwardport this to trunk ATM, since Abdel maybe has different p