On Mon, May 12, 2014, at 03:50 PM, Paul Kallnbach wrote:
Hi list
A couple of weeks ago I posted a message regarding Inkscapes caching behaviour and also filed a bug report on launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1267208). It turned out program response is far quicker with caching disabled in the source code. I'd happily provide a sample file or whatever is needed to visualize the described effect if requested.
I think Inkscapes user experience could be noticeably improved by some simple modifications (e.g. an option to turn off caching via GUI) but in my opinion the caching systems needs quite a bit of refactoring. Unfortunately I lack the necessary insight and experience on the program to come up with a proper solution myself. I would be willing to give it a shot though if someone could point me to a good resource on how caching is designed and implemented (and would be willing to review my changes).
With the new release coming closer I really hope somebody shows some interest in this. It does make a difference.
Thanks Paul,
That looks very interesting, and like something I should look into very soon. I've been a bit sidelined by mac ports breaking the compile on my system, but should be tweaking up Linux dev this week.