On Jan 22, 11:39 pm, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/01/12 22:12, Mikey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I use GVim ver. 7.3.154 with GTK2 GUI on Slackware 13.37. During page > > down/up scrolling with Ctrl-F/B keys, screen flickers. It is > > especially well seen when GVim is maximized and working with large > > files (for example /var/log/messages) where text fills entire screen > > (not only from top to bottom, but also from left to right). Launching > > GVim with '-u NONE - U NONE' changes nothing. For additional > > comparison I opened the same file with Emacs 23.3.1 and rendering was > > very smooth. Of course both editors use exactly the same font. Is > > there any chance that GVim will use equally efficient rendering > > technique as Emacs? I'm a visually impaired person and this problem > > has a great meaning for me. As far as I know Emacs uses libXft to > > render fonts. Maybe lack of libXft support in GVim is the core of the > > issue? > > > Regards, Mike. > > Try using a more recent version. Vim 7.3.154 dates back from 2011-04-02; > the current patchlevel is 7.3.409. In the 255 fixes between your version > and the current one, some flicker problems have been fixed but I'm not > sure they are exactly what you're seeing. IMHO there's not much risk in > trying anyway. > > See: > http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/README > a one-line description of every patch to Vim 7.3 > > and if you want to compile your own Vim (not very hard) > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial > http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > press CTRL-ALT-DEL for more information
I've built GVim 7.3.409 but problem still exists. -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
