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From: richard@unipalm.co.uk (Richard)
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Subject: Optimization / Speedups
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Date: 16 Aug 90 13:55:25 GMT
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> Are there any general hints for speeding up a Motif application?  For
> instance, does eliminating the resource file and hard-coding the 
> resources make for faster startup and execution?  

The biggest improvement you can make in my experieence is not to use
UIL. The first time a UIL-defined widget tree is mapped there is a
significant time delay which is unacceptable for some things like
popup menus.

This may be improved in 1.1, but in 1.0 it was trully awful.

Richard Nuttall                                richard@xtech.uucp
XTech, Cambridge, England                      ukc!acorn!unipalm!xtech!richard
Tel: +44 954 211862                            richard@unipalm.uucp