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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Speed issues on app load
From:       Keith Packard <keithp () keithp ! com>
Date:       2000-12-21 16:51:08
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> > and see if that helps.  If so, I can fix the problem.
> 
> Yes. No truetype fonts used and none opened, according to strace.

I'll have it fixed in a while.  Xft wants to find out what fonts are 
available and instead of using a (probably broken) font "directory" file, 
it simply opens each font.  This can be somewhat slow with a lot of fonts
...

My plan was to build a caching mechanism when people complained.  I didn't 
expect complaints so soon; most people have very few TrueType fonts.

> BTW, I forgot to say the Render extension is fantastic and I'd pay
> you good money to work on it if I had any :)

Good thing SuSE already does; I'd have 40 hours less each week to work on 
it otherwise.

keithp@keithp.com	 XFree86 Core Team		SuSE, Inc.

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