POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : scrolling slower and slower : Re: scrolling slower and slower Server Time
30 Jul 2024 00:18:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: scrolling slower and slower  
From: Peter Popov
Date: 31 Jan 2002 17:55:44
Message: <4iij5ukakkrvoq3aj73sfqoivc3r2iujcp@4ax.com>
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:33:09 +0100, "Apache"
<apa### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>Is the following thing an (unreported) bug?

It is no longer unreported (was, I think, before you reported it) but
is not a bug.

>While rendering an animation, the scrolling of Messages window becomes
>slower and slower. >In the beginning it goes fast, like it should. But 
>gradually it decreases in speed and becomes very slow. And if the 
>animation consists of say 2000 frames, that's a slow scrolling problem 
>consumes a significant amount of time.

Well, there's a whole lot more info to scroll when you've rendered a
few hundred frames. Having a tiled bitmap background doesn't help
speed much either. Solution? Tap Alt-M right after you've tapped Alt-G
and only view the message window when you really need it.


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg


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