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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you configuring osx builds with -DUSE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON?  I
know on linux, this brings the legacy canvas to it's knees because it's
effectively cairo.

On 9/21/2015 1:03 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> How is everyone else's graphics performance in pcbnew on OS X?
> 
> GAL works nice and fast, but the traditional canvas isn't usable on my
> relatively beefy Macbook Pro.
> 
> This isn't a new regression, but it hasn't always been this way, and has
> been discussed previously on the mailing list.
> 
> Do we have any ideas on what to do here? Leave it?  See if it's
> something we can fix?  Earlier it was hypothesized it was due to high
> DPI rendering.  Can we set it up so the traditional canvas isn't in high
> DPI rendering?
> 
> I can post a video if no one else has--but we're talking 30+ seconds
> between frames when you zoom.
> 
> Adam Wolf
> Cofounder and Engineer
> W&L
> 
> 
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