Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!slug!wex From: wex@dali.pws.bull.com (Buckaroo Banzai) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif Subject: Re: Optimization / Speedups Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 16:11:41 GMT References: <9008151838.AA01553@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca> Sender: news@pws.bull.com Organization: Bull Worldwide Information Systems Inc. Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: dali.pws.bull.com In-reply-to: mike@SNOWHITE.CIS.UOGUELPH.CA's message of 15 Aug 90 18:38:57 GMT One thing you can do to vastly speed up your use of resource files is eliminate wildcards. This is particularly true with respect to fonts. With one of our programs we were able to get a 7-10x increase in startup speed simply by getting rid of all wildcards in all font names. Sacrifices portability, of course, but if you know the font's going to be present... -- --Alan Wexelblat phone: (508)294-7485 Bull Worldwide Information Systems internet: wex@pws.bull.com "Politics is Comedy plus Pretense."