Re: Glitches with the GTK toolkit

[Jan D.]

> Quoting "Jan D." <address@hidden>:
>
> > > OK, I see. But I guess Emacs' interaction with GTK widget is 
> > > different
> > > from
> > > standard GTK applications.
> >
> > Very much so.  Some of it is due to the way Emacs is made, and some is
> > due to the way GTK is made.  It is not a good fit...
>
> I'm disappointed. I'll have to get back to the Athena version since
> I often use scrollbars.
> Are there really no workarounds? Thanks.

Well, apart from getting a faster machine, you can try a different GTK 
theme,
not all are pixmap based.  Configure Emacs --without-toolkit-scroll-bars
is one thing to do, but if you don't use menus or toolbars, this becomes
almost the same as compiling for pure X.

        Jan D.