Re: slow make-frame + face initialization / importing x resources

[David Kastrup]

Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Monnier skrev:
>>>> Sharing the faces between frames would be good to.
>>> What kind of sharing do you have in mind?  Faces are frame-specific,
>>> so changing a face generally affects only the frame for which it is
>>> changed.  If the suggested sharing will defeat this, I don't think
>>> it's a good idea.
>>
>> I'm thinking of doing ref-counts and COW, so by default, if the new frame is
>> similar (e.g. on the same screen with the "same" frame parameters), so the
>> faces are inherited.  They can later get unshared if needed.
>>
>
> What if X resources changed between creation of the first and second frame?

What if?  We don't track the changes of X resources in real-time for
the first frame, so what problem is there in not tracking them between
frames?

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