Re: Some problems with GNUstep and Paje

[Benhur Stein]

On 2004-08-23 04:48:35 -0300 Tony Reix <Tony.Reix@bull.net> wrote:

> That made the "MIT-SHM ...." message disappear. But Paje still 
> dont' appear 
> on my Xterminal.
> I've waited a while (10-15 mn) and I noticed that the "font_cacher"
> process is still running and consumming CPU (~ 3 mn during these 15 
> mn)
> and my Xterminal is still slower than usually.

I see..
The xlib backend (one of the graphic back-ends for GNUstep) takes a 
very long
time and puts the X-server to its limits to discover the fonts 
available. (I don't
know why it works that way). At least, this is done only once, then 
it caches
the result. This normally takes a long time in a linux workstation, 
and probably
takes still longer in a X-Terminal.

Anyway, the other backend (art) works differently: it gets its fonts 
from
files installed with GNUstep, and doesn't need to make this slow 
discovery.
On the other hand, to use it, you must install some fonts (there are 
some
in www.gnustep.de/Fonts and 
http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/nfont%20packages)
and configure back to use art (./configure --enable-graphics=art in 
back directory)

A+,
Benhur