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- From: fgreco@cfdev1026.shearson.com (Frank Greco)
- Subject: Re: X/Wans
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.165248.4085@shearson.com>
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- Organization: Lehman Brothers
- References: <1992Dec16.223456.9460@shearson.com> <1992Dec21.030407.18901@ukw.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:52:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.030407.18901@ukw.uucp> lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph) writes:
- >fgreco@shearson.com (Frank Greco) writes:
- >>>Also, does the X11/NeWS server implement backing store ? and would you expect
- >>>backing store to improve the situation ?
- >
- >> Yes it would allay the slowdown somewhat; but I really believe its
- >> an inherent problem in X's design that perhaps R6 might address more
- >> properly.
- >
- >I doubt that. Many features in X require an exchange between the client
- >and the server. NeWS is much better for this kind of work, being able to
- >run more parts of the application on the server. If it is at all possible,
- >try converting the application to TNT; or just try one of the NeWS demos
- >like jed on your link. This will tell you if the delays *are* the problem.
-
- I agree 10000000%. However Sun has decided to pull NeWS/TNT out
- of the server for the next major release of OpenWindows, so I don't
- believe anyone is porting to TNT right now.
-
- Frank G.
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