[comp.windows.x] twm and window display time

martin@zeus.hf.intel.com (Martin Wilde) (12/07/89)

It seems that twm takes longer than most window managers to display 
a window.  I have compared twm to other window managers :- attwm, uwm,
and XViews olwm; and have noticed the lasp of time to display a window
to be the greatest in twm. 

I have set "RandomPlacement" in my .twmrc file and that does not seem
to speed up the window placement.

1) Is there a way to configure twm to display the window quicker?

The problem/feature becomes noticeable when using programs that like
to popup windows to perform actions (xbrowser for example).

Any help would be appreciated...

thanks

                          
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toml@ninja.Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange) (12/07/89)

> It seems that twm takes longer than most window managers to display 
> a window.  I have compared twm to other window managers :- attwm, uwm,
> and XViews olwm; and have noticed the lasp of time to display a window
> to be the greatest in twm. 

It takes the R4 twm around 2 seconds to map an xterm as opposed to the
seven or eight seconds in the R3 version.

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