[Gambas-devel] Perfomance differences between gb.gtk and gb.qt components

[Benoit Minisini]

On lundi 3 décembre 2007, José Luis Redrejo wrote:
> I attach here a simple example: its a form with a lot of widgets, but only
> this code:
> PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
>     PRINT "before"
>       WAIT 1
>       PRINT "after"
>
> END
>
> You can see as it takes ages between printing "before" and "after" in the
> console.
> The funniest thing: if you add a timer to the form, it behaves right.
> This didn't happen before the loop event fixes for gtk.
>
> On the other hand, it's a little ridiculous the thread about the gtk
> slowness vs qt speed. Whenever I start qt applications from a Gnome desktop
> qt (and specially kde) apps need a long time to start. If you're a kde user
> you'll notice the same with gtk applications. It's not a question of which
> platform is fastest, it's a question of merging them.
> I'm not going to be the advocate of gtk (some of its libraries suck) but
> some of the things I've read in the last days are a nonsense.
>
> Cheers.
> José L.
>

I have fixed some little things in the gb.gtk component: please tell me if the 
behaviour is better now.

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini