I would like to see the problem on other computers. In my case (I hope that you have received the video I have sent), I would rather prefer the developers to work on more fundamental issues, I am happy with what I have (I can only state on my case before seing the videos of others) ;-)
Murat 2012/1/5 Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/01/12 10:58, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Le 05/01/2012 09:40, Olivier Ripoll a écrit : > >> On 05.01.2012 05:16, Jerry wrote: > >>> Do the developers monitor this list? Or does someone need to > >>> file a bug report for the slow scrolling problem? > >>> > >>> Jerry > >> > >> Yes, they are looking at it. If you look at the thread, you'll > >> see several names of LyX developers (not exhautively: Pavel > >> Sanda, Richard Heck, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, André Pönitz) > > > > The problem is that we have yet to pinpoint the root cause. I see > > two major points: > > > > - we have experimental code that seems to improve the situation on > > linux. We'll probably learn more once it is deployed to many > > people. I am not sure there are plans to port to branch yet. This > > may be useful for cases where different people see different > > speeds. > > > > - there is a part of the code that we know should be rewritten: to > > compute metrics (size of words), we work at glyph level, while > > painting is done at word level. This is what creates display > > problems with OS X when the is kerning/ligatures effects. The > > "paint single char" pref that has been discussed makes everything > > work at glyph level, which is correct but slow. What we need is to > > do all at word level (except for RtL text, which is a different > > story). Unfortunately, this part of code is a can of worm and > > nobody dares touching it. > > If I look at the number of emails flying around on this issue, one > should look at options how this can be fixed. I must admit I do not > know the inner workings of LyX, so I might be completely off. > > I nobody dares to touch this code (I would guess because of time > requirements once one starts fixing it), one could try to raise funds > to pay somebody (preferably somebody who knows LyX's inner workings) > to address this issue - it seems to be on many peoples mind. > > Cheers, > > Rainer > > > > > > JMarc > > > - -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation > Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Stellenbosch University > South Africa > > Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 > Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 > Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 > > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > > email: rai...@krugs.de > > Skype: RMkrug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk8FeLcACgkQoYgNqgF2egqWJwCfaqqoP9Rxzs8J1ZK8tgqLCW5M > Y4UAn0u47pmpgS3fYORvbt+J0u3AWTS3 > =N3hn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113) Avenue Léon Duguit 33608 Pessac cedex France Bureau : F-331 yi...@u-bordeaux4.fr http://yildizoglu.info http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu
