Re: gtk3 option for misc/libreoffice

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 at 15:42, Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I recently updated my packages, and noticed that libreoffice (more
> specifically, calc - the spreadsheet program) is exceedingly slow.
> Operations which used to be instantaneous now take several seconds
> to complete, such as switching from one document tab to another.
> While the switch is progressing, the bottom "status" line seems to
> flicker a lot.  (Another example: when initiating a Paste Special
> with 100 lines of text in the clipboard, I can watch the individual
> items in the Paste-Special dialog box appear, one after another.)
>
> I looked at the build log for libreoffice, and I found some issues
> related to gtk3...
>
> The log shows
> ==========================================================================
> The supported build options for libreoffice are:
>
>          cups dbus debug gtk3 java ldap
>
> The currently selected options are:
>
>          dbus ldap
>
> You can select which build options to use by setting PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
> or the following variable.  Its current value is shown:
>
>          PKG_OPTIONS.libreoffice = -java
>
> ==========================================================================
> (Note the I have mnaualy disabled java.)
>
> Even though the selected options do NOT include gtk3, there is a
>
> => Full dependency gtk3+>=3.24.22nb1: found gtk3+-3.24.27

I had the latest libreoffice built with the default options. The
default interface it was using looked not gtk3 and indeed localc
appeared slow to react, the pull-down menus came rather sluggishly
etc. I just rebuilt it adding the gtk3 option; now the interface is
definitely gtk3, as it follows the theme I have at the moment; the
menus come down much quicker and overall it seems faster. Perhaps it
was the system - after all, this test machine is just a virtualbox
guest.

>
> Shouldn't the dependency only be invoked if the gtk3 option is chosen?
>
> The configure script runs with
>
> ...
> Running ./configure with '--without-java --enable-release-build
> --disable-gtk3 ...
>
> and there are no other references to gtk3 in the log, so it would
> appear that gtk3 is not linked into the final image.

It is not explicitly linked even now, with this option: no idea how. I
think I will keep the gtk3 version (I've kept the old package just in
case).


>
>
> I noticed the XXX comment in Makefile regarding scrollbars, but I
> have to wonder if the lack of gtk3 support is (or perhaps might
> be) responsible for the slowdowns in processing?
>
>
>
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