[Inkscape-user] Once I use a lot of objects inkscape is too slow

[Ladislav Andel]

Hi,
Firstly, Thank you for this open source project.
I've just started using this software but came across problem when I
have a lot of objects in one window.
It becomes very slow and then not usable if I compare the acceleration
with eg. Corel Draw.
In Corel Draw on WinXP I have the same amount of objects and it's fine
but inkscape's slows down rapidly.
I have processor Sempron 2800+ and NVidia FX5200 graphic card running on
Knoppix.
Is there any way how to make it inkscape working faster? Some kind of
acceleration, something like directx for linux?
Maybe recompiling the kernel properly? I didn't have time for this yet
though.
I'm quite new to linux too.

Hopefully somebody has an answer for me..

Thank you.
Ladislav

[Nicu Buculei]

Post by Ladislav Andel
In Corel Draw on WinXP I have the same amount of objects and it's fine
but inkscape's slows down rapidly.
I have processor Sempron 2800+ and NVidia FX5200 graphic card running on
Knoppix.

The most important thing here may be how much RAM do you have in your
computer.

Post by Ladislav Andel
Is there any way how to make it inkscape working faster? Some kind of
acceleration, something like directx for linux?
Maybe recompiling the kernel properly? I didn't have time for this yet
though.

You can't do much else than adding more RAM, most likely the slowness is
because Inkscape is not a mature project (the version number is 0.43)
and the code could use a lot of optimization (and here you can help by
joining the project and working to improve it).

[Ladislav Anděl]

I have 512MB RAM..
If I open my drawing it takes 210 MB of memory. 100MB is still free.
I agree with you about optimilization but don't have time to join the
development though.
Thanks for very promising project.

Ladislav

Post by Nicu Buculei

Post by Ladislav Andel
In Corel Draw on WinXP I have the same amount of objects and it's
fine but inkscape's slows down rapidly.
I have processor Sempron 2800+ and NVidia FX5200 graphic card running
on Knoppix.

The most important thing here may be how much RAM do you have in your
computer.

Post by Ladislav Andel
Is there any way how to make it inkscape working faster? Some kind of
acceleration, something like directx for linux?
Maybe recompiling the kernel properly? I didn't have time for this
yet though.

You can't do much else than adding more RAM, most likely the slowness
is because Inkscape is not a mature project (the version number is
0.43) and the code could use a lot of optimization (and here you can
help by joining the project and working to improve it).

[Bryce Harrington]

Post by Ladislav Anděl
I have 512MB RAM..
If I open my drawing it takes 210 MB of memory. 100MB is still free.
I agree with you about optimilization but don't have time to join the
development though.
Thanks for very promising project.

512M should be sufficient, but you will probably see some benefits if
you increased it.

The thing to watch for is if the machine begins to use swap space, as
that is what will cause it to slow down a lot. If it's not swapping,
then increasing memory may not provide a significant benefit.

Bryce

[Bryce Harrington]

Post by Ladislav Andel
Hi,
Firstly, Thank you for this open source project.
I've just started using this software but came across problem when I
have a lot of objects in one window.
It becomes very slow and then not usable if I compare the acceleration
with eg. Corel Draw.
In Corel Draw on WinXP I have the same amount of objects and it's fine
but inkscape's slows down rapidly.
I have processor Sempron 2800+ and NVidia FX5200 graphic card running on
Knoppix.
Is there any way how to make it inkscape working faster? Some kind of
acceleration, something like directx for linux?
Maybe recompiling the kernel properly? I didn't have time for this yet
though.

Not really. It helps to make sure you have plenty of memory.
Inkscape's not received as much performance optimization as it needs,
especially for larger documents. I think the plan is to get Inkscape
moved over to use the cairo renderer, and then focus performance
optimization work there. If you can code and would be interested in
working on this,I could give you some pointers.

Bryce