On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 08:39:55AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: ... > >If it really causes a full screen repaint when just moving the mouse > >over an i > > Not really. The repaint happens only when the mouse enters and leaves > an inset *that handles setMouseHover*. The repaint is necessary since > in theory, inset size may change. Later on, if an inset can be drawn > individually, setMouseHover can return multiple state (full redraw, > background only etc). > > > it may well be intrusive on the Mac. > > I will ask Bennett to test a new version of the patch. As I have said, > there are not many more repaints.
That would be great. (BTW you can test yourself with "-dbg painting" to see how many paragraphs get re-painted.) I haven't tried the patch myself, but it would be a significant improvement of the UI response, in line with what people are used to from other apps. - Martin
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