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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KFontCombo speed
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-07-25 8:26:36
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 09:57:47AM +0200, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> On Die, 24 Jul 2001, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> 
> > sluggish even with a very small number of fonts. I reduced my font
> > count from 550 to 20 and it's still slow.
> 
> Yes. the only solution I see is not doing this poorly performing 
> immediate display of all fonts. 
> 
> I'd suggest showing all of them in the usual standard font and provide popup 
> (tooltip?) with the Qpixamp pre-rendered font if the user stays for a moment 
> over an entry. 

Or replacing a font after it has been rendered?

I.e. show fontname in normal font and replace that after it has been rendered.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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