[Pan-users] Re: compose eats up CPU cycles?

[Thufir]

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:44:59 +0000, Duncan wrote:

> Thufir <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Sat, 09 Sep
> 2006 21:21:36 +0100:
> 
>> When composing a new message, or a reply, simply _selecting_ small amounts
>> of text by highlighting apparently maxes out the CPU usage.  I have 500MB
>> RAM and a 2+ ghz celeron chip.  Graphics intensive apps, like gthumb, use
>> less of the CPU.  I believe pan is just using gedit.  It doesn't make
>> sense, there's even a noticable delay when typing.  That is, I can type
>> faster than the words appear on the screen, which causes the CPU to max
>> out, and I don't type very fast.  If I stop typing, the CPU usage drops
>> down to near zero, from 100 percent, or close to.
> 
> It may have to do with the spell-check, but that's not all of it by itself.
> I believe I read a report that certain themes can cause that behavior.  If
> you have a GTK or GNOME theme, try changing it and see if that helps. 
> Apparently at least one theme "fights" with the spellchecker or something
> else in pan, I'm not sure what.

Ok, I've changed themes, still in GNOME.  Now I'm using "clearview", I
think it was previously "bluecurves".  Thanks for responding, at least I
have an inkling of what's happening.

I'm going to ask over in the fedora mailing list.  Presumably KDE works
fine, as it's a GTK and pan issue?

thanks,

Thufir