--- TeXmacs-1.0.6.6-src/TeXmacs/doc/main/faq/faq.en.tm 2006-08-21 15:08:51.000000000 +0200 +++ faq.en.tm 2006-10-21 23:59:17.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -31,18 +31,20 @@ System Appearance and Behavior <\itemize-minus> - hangs when opening a document for a while - and my disk is being filled with files|#sys-1>? + hangs when opening a document for a while and my + disk is being filled with files|#sys-1>? - or code corresponding - to what I see on the screen|#sys-2>? + or code corresponding to + what I see on the screen|#sys-2>? - ? + ? - remotely over a ssh - connection, I get an error, while xclock works without a + remotely over a ssh connection, + I get an error, while xclock works without a problem|#sys-4>? + + is unusually slow while editing|#sys-5>? Windows/Cygwin specific @@ -83,9 +85,9 @@ Legacy Questions <\itemize-minus> - preamble I'm - supposed to put in in order to prepare a book for them. What is the - best way of putting it in and figuring if it will work|#legacy-1>? + preamble I'm supposed + to put in in order to prepare a book for them. What is the best way of + putting it in and figuring if it will work|#legacy-1>? @@ -267,6 +269,31 @@ about the local and remote machine. + <\question> + is unusually slow while editing? + + + <\answer> + Graphics card drivers with poor 2D performance can slow down + termendously.\ + + If you are running TeXmacs under X on a system with an ATI graphics card + and are using ATI's proprietary drivers (the driver called + , you can achieve a significant speedup by\ + + <\itemize> + running an X server such as Xgl that performs 2D + operations using the 3D API of the graphics card driver, + + switching to an open source graphics card driver such as + or which have a far better 2D + performance than . + + + Note that if you try both at the same time, you will slow your system + down even more, instead of speeding it up. + + <\question>