Comment 10 for bug 1219794

Yes thank you indeed!
I will try this out when I return home to my PC in Feb.
On 28/01/2015 9:15 PM, "jazzynico" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Patch tested successfully on Crunchbang Waldorf (Debian stable based
> distro) with Inkscape trunk rev. 13878. Modifying text is ways faster with
> the patch.
> However I'm not expert in that part of the Inkscape code and thus it needs
> to be reviewed by a developer, and tested intensively for regressions.
>
> Thanks for your help, Philippe!
>
> ** Changed in: inkscape
> Status: Confirmed => In Progress
>
> ** Changed in: inkscape
> Milestone: None => 0.92
>
> ** Changed in: inkscape
> Assignee: (unassigned) => philippe joyez (uone-5-pjoyez)
>
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> Title:
> cpu spikes when editing text in complex SVG files
>
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> I have a i5 processor and AMD radeon graphics card (6550) which has
> propriety drivers installed. Inkscape 4.8 on Ubuntu 13.04
>
> This system seems to be able to handle most things I use Inkscape for
> (graphic design) except when I write a simple block of text, just a
> word or two as a label.
>
> Sometimes just writing labels does not slow things down too much, then
> other times it slows down to the point of 'greying out' and freezing
> completely. Perhaps it is worse when editing already written text,
> though I am not sure.
>
> I have observed that this occurs as cpu spikes on any one of 4 cores.
> As you can see by the screenshot, in which I am attempting to edit
> some simple text, the cpu is spiking to 100% but the RAM is hardly
> being used. This slows me down to the point of frustration as I use
> this software a lot (having switched from using illustrator on
> windows).
>
> I only hope there is a simple solution, perhaps to do with text
> settings? I cant imagine why simple text would use more cpu than
> shapes with gradients etc.??
>
> Cheers
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