[openbox] Java Swing apps slow with Openbox 3?

Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper vR at movingparts.net
Mon Jul 28 10:37:45 EDT 2003


just wanted to offer a "me too" here.  I noticed this in JBuilder 8
(running jdk 1.4.1).  The windows come up and the decorations are drawn
immediately, but the contents are not drawn for another second--some
times, I have to move the window for it to be drawn.

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 10:06, Peter Chiocchetti wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 01:57:01PM +0200, Alexander Futasz wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I'm seeking for somebody that could verify a problem I'm experiencing
> > here. I use jEdit, an editor written in Java and when started it takes a
> > lot more time till it is completey drawn and you can actually use it.
> 
> sorry, no jedit here; but the j2me toolkit produces a similar
> effect.  in ob3, after the window is mapped, with a gray
> background, one or two seconds pass till the contents are
> drawn. in openbox2 the window is still mapped fully gray, but
> the contents are drawn much more quickly. (its not about java
> being in memory already, as its the same after switching back
> to 3.)
> 
> theres also a small glitch with fullscreen java apps (e.g.
> http://www.myzel.net/geomorph/geomorph.jar). A week ago, it
> took ages to load, its window's button in the gnome-panel
> flashing.  this has improved in cvs. now, its like that only
> on exiting the app, but not always;)
> 
> PS: theres an undeclared variable "con" in event.c in current
> cvs, I did comment the line, and it would compile and run.
> 
> PPS: when switching back from openbox2 to v3, the gnome-panel
> forgets that its on all desktops, and only appears on the
> first. when again switching to v2 its on all of them there.
> this is much like the light in the fridge, and v2 and v3 are
> the door open/closed states :)
> 
> cheers,
> 
> peter
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