Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Delay opening GTK city display. (PR#18)

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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Version: CVS 29-May-1999 / GTK
> > >
> > > Whenever I open the city display by clicking a city, the city window
> > > pops up and half-way draws itself, but then pauses for 2-3 seconds
> > > before continuing.  The CPU spikes out during this period.
> >
> > I wonder if this is related to bug PR#12 ?
> > http://www.freeciv.org/cgi-bin/bugs?findid=12

> That was apparently it.  I had been getting those messages (described in
> the link) in the xterm that I started the client from, so I watched it
> and saw that they were occuring during the pause I reported.
> 
> The upgrade to GTK 1.2.3 "fixed" this problem, but at the cost of
> breaking my theme engine (incompatabiliies with libpixmap).  I'll either
> find a compatible libpixmap or decide which break I want to live with...

Well, you could always recompile libpixmap again (yuck).  I'll try fixing
that so it can work with gtk+ versions < 1.2.3 besides >= 1.2.3 (i may
have to use #ifdef's.  Anyway, i'll only be able to do those changes after
next week (i have 5 exams next week).

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa, student @ Instituto Superior Tecnico,
Technical University of Lisbon - Software & Computer Engineering