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From: toml@Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: twm speed up
Message-ID: <1468@imelda.Solbourne.COM>
Date: 12 Jun 89 20:34:39 GMT
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Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Co.
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> In article <1258@isieng.UUCP> pling@.UUCP (Paul Ling) writes:
>>Using twm as a window manager, I always had to wait for several seconds for
>>a new xterm.  I don't see the same problem with uwm.
>>
>>Any tip for speeding up twm ?
>>
> We have the same problem with twm and also with awm. We had a quick look
> at it and it appeared that xterm tries to interact with the window manager
> but gets no reply. After a number of seconds the request is timed out.
> 
> We did not want to spend any time in solving this problem, but maybe
> the problem is solved in the next X release.


I just ran some simple tests to see if anything has improved.  I simply
typed "xterm" and hit the RETURN key on my Sun 3/60.  RandomPlacement was
turned on.  The time is how long it took for the xterm window to 
appear.

X11R3 twm          ~8   seconds
latest twm         ~2.5 seconds
no window manager  ~2   seconds

I think this was related to the fact that twm was not handling 
configure requests from unmapped windows, something that xterm 
does do.  Be patient, "this yearish" is half way over :-)

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Tom LaStrange

Solbourne Computer Inc.    ARPA: toml@Solbourne.COM
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