Improve speed of drw_text when provided with large strings c585e8e4
Calculates len & ew in drw_font_getexts loop by incrementing instead of
decrementing; as such avoids proportional increase in time spent in loop
based on provided strings size.
Miles Alan · 2021-08-07 21:34 1 file(s) · +5 −2
drw.c +5 −2
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		if (utf8strlen) {
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			drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &ew, NULL);
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			/* shorten text if necessary */
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			for (len = MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1); len && ew > w; len--)
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				drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
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			if (ew > w)
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				for (ew = 0, len = 0; ew < w - lpad * 2 && len < MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1); len++)
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					drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
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			else
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				len = MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1);
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			if (len) {
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				memcpy(buf, utf8str, len);