Re: [Gramps-devel] Progress Indicator

[Brian M. <pez...@us...>]

Sorry, I posted with the wrong e-mail address.

I'm using the RPM from:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gramps/gramps-2.0.5-1mdk.noarch.rpm
on Mandriva 2005LE x86_64. 

It occured to me to wonder if it runs slower on 64 bit architecture than 32,
but I just can't think of any reason it would.

Another observation is that it seems to slow down over time. By this I mean
when I first open Gramps and add people, it feels pretty snappy. But after 10
minutes or so of entering new people, it gets more and more sluggish. After 30
minutes I usually shut down Gramps and restart it because it seems faster on
startup.

I'm in the process of digitizing my uncle's 20+ years of research. So I spend
hours at a time just keying in new names.

~Brian



--- Don Allingham <don...@co...> wrote:

> Brian,
> 
> Which version of GRAMPS are you using?
> 
> Don
> 
> -- 
> Don Allingham <don...@co...>
> 
> 

--- Brian Matherly <pez...@ya...> wrote:

> Since I started using Gramps, my database has grown from 0 people to around
> 2,500. One thing I have noticed is that operations that previously occured
> instantaneously now take a few seconds. That's reasonably expected with a
> larger database. What I am wondering is how hard it would be to add a
> progress indicator to most features if the operations takes more than .5 
> seconds.
> 
> One example is the "check and repair database". Selecting that menu entry
> provides no feedback - just a frozen screen for an unknown period of time.
> Perhaps a progress bar would help.
> 
> Another example is when adding parents to a person or spouse in the family
> view. Upon clicking "OK", the "OK" button depresses and the screen freezes
> for an unknown period of time. I can move around the "Choose Parents" dialog 
> and 'erase' the family view beneath it. What would it take to get a progress 
> bar here? 
> 
> I really appreciate the "Find duplicate people" feature. That pops up a
> dialog with a progress bar while it runs.
> 
> Just some food-for-thought. 
> 
> ~Brian