[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Memory leak fixed, new version uploaded

[Andreas Kemnade <akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Kemnade writes:
 > Nathan Lovell writes:
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > > > The file freeciv-1.11.4-win.zip can be deleted (my internet connection
 >  > > > has broken down while uploading).
 >  > > > 
 >  > > > I don't stop working on the native windows port (it is much faster
 >  > > > than the windows-gtk port).
 >  > > 
 >  > > I wonder why is the windows port of gtk so slow then (fixing that bug 
 > didn't 
 >  > > speed up it at all, I suppose)?
 >  > 
 >  > Yes, I noticed that GTK is EXTREMELY slow.  Is the native windows port
 >  > available for testing, then?
 >  > 
 > I think the way to draw (pix/bit)-maps with masks (=Icons on windows)
 > is quite slow because gdk_gc_set_mask is quite complex and
 > slow. Compare that code with the code of DrawIcon in the wine sources.
 > It's much simpler. As gdk_gc_set_mask is not only used for drawing
 > pixmaps like in freeciv, it has to be universal and cannot be as
 > simple as DrawIcon.
 > 
 > I have put a test version at
 > http://home.t-online.de/home/akemnade/incomplete-win-native.zip
 > 
 > The diff against the original freeciv-1.11.4 sources is at 
 > http://home.t-online.de/home/akemnade/win-native.diff.gz
 > 
 > It has to be cleaned up. You should be able to compile the client
 > using cygwin (You have to run automake, autoheader and autoconf
 > before). You need at least gcc-2.95.2. The following should work:
 > 
 > export CC="gcc -mno-cygwin"
 > ./configure --disable-server
 > make
 > 
 > Arrgh, I have no access to that directory to upload it now. I will try
 > it again tomorrow.
 > 
It is on that place now. I've put it there. I have put it to the
freeciv incoming dir, too. Sorry I haven't clicked on reply to all and
I thought I got the reply from the mailing list. It can be deleted
there.

Greetings
Andreas Kemnade