Now that I have full functionality with inkscapes latest development version, It seems to be having a little bit of lag, and a VERY low frame rate. i can tell its a frame/refresh rate type thing because I can click or drag or edit, like 4 things really fast, then wait for a few seconds while the screen catches up with what i've done.
could you please tell us: - which version of Inkscape you are using - which version of X11 you are using. I noticed that the X11 version that shipped with leopard was really bad. it is based on XOrg and is therefore theoretically better than the old XFree version but still very far from being good. I would advise to install a new build from XQuartz (an open-source development team working somehow in collaboration with Apple). It may be a bit less stable but is overall much more pleasant: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz
PS: strangely I cannot reply to your message, I can only forward it...
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