On Sat, 30 Apr 2011, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:26:23 +0200 Joerg Sonnenberger > <[email protected]> > said: > >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:58:43AM +0200, Vincent Torri wrote: >>> I'm still wondering aboutefficiency : for example, for pdf rendering, >>> shouldn't the use of a pdf generic loader be slower than wht i can achieve >>> in eyesight ? >> >> Only if you fork once per page or something like that. Give it a minimal >> input processing like Ghostscript's X11 target and the overhead is going >> to mostly vanish. E.g. "open", "render $page $resolution" "close" should >> be good enough for most purposes. > > the generic loader does fork once.. actually it forks AND execs TWICE per load > (once for header, once for body). if one has to parse the file for each display of a page, then it's definitely not the way to use for a document viewer. It can indeed be good for thumbnailing, like an icon on the desktop or in a file viewer. Vincent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
