Re: MyStyle database.
Sasha Vasko (sashav@sprintmail.com)
Fri, 05 Feb 1999 22:00:21 -0600
Doug Alcorn wrote:
>
> Sasha_Vasko@osca.state.mo.us writes:
>
> >
> > The disadvantage of course is that we'll need to break compatibility with
> > old
> > configuration files.
> >
> Another disadvantage is that the Style database (aka new look file)
> will have to be read by each module at startup time. Could we have
> AfterStep cache the styles in memory somewhere? This would be a poor
> use of memory, but would cause startup to be faster. If all of the
> styles were in memory, then the individual modules could just read
> from that shared memory location. Updating the look would then be
That makes very good sense. I'm not sure how to implement this -
but
that definately will be better to store Styles in shared memory
pool.
> (__) Doug Alcorn
Sasha