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From: crouch@crunchie.axion.bt.co.uk (Chris Rouch)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Shape extension is slooooooooooooooow
Message-ID: <1990Feb21.120023.3919@axion.bt.co.uk>
Date: 21 Feb 90 12:00:23 GMT
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Reply-To: crouch@crunchie.axion.bt.co.uk (Chris Rouch)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs
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Maybe that's a bit unfair. Shape under HP-UX is slow. Like it can take >
30 seconds to refresh xmh after pulling down a menu if the menubutton is
oval. Similarly with shaped icons. Is this a `feature' of the shape
extension or of the hp server? In either case can we expect any
go-faster patches?

Chris
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Chris Rouch                                             crouch@axion.bt.co.uk
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