3b24c8a0a4
This massively speeds up sorting with expensive sort functions that it's
the most worthwhile optimization of this whole branch.
It's slower for simple sort functions though.
It's also quite a lot slower when the model doesn't support sort keys
(like GtkCustomSorter), but all the other sorters do support keys.
Of course, this depends on the number of items in the model - the number
of comparisons scales O(N * log N) while the overhead for key handling
scales O(N).
So as the log N part grows, generating keys gets more and more
beneficial.
Benchmarks:
initial sort of a GFileInfo model with display-name keys
items keys
8,000 items 715ms 50ms
64,000 items --- 554ms
initial sort of a GFileInfo model with complex keys
items keys
64,000 items 340ms 295ms
128,000 items 641ms 605ms
removing half a GFileInfo model with display-name keys
(no comparisons, just key freeing overhead of a complex sorter)
items keys
512,000 items 14ms 21ms
2,048,000 items 40ms 62ms
removing half a GFileInfo model with complex keys
(no comparisons, just key freeing overhead of a complex sorter)
items keys
512,000 items 90ms 237ms
2,048,000 items 247ms 601ms
GTK — The GTK toolkit
General information
GTK is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off projects to complete application suites.
GTK is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the licensing terms for GTK, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all developers, including those developing proprietary software, without any license fees or royalties.
The official download location
The official web site
The official developers blog
Discussion forum
Nightly documentation can be found at
- Gtk: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gtk/gtk/
- Gdk: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gtk/gdk/
- Gsk: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gtk/gsk/
Building and installing
In order to build GTK you will need:
You will also need various dependencies, based on the platform you are building for:
If you are building the X11 backend, you will also need:
- Xlib, and the following X extensions:
- xrandr
- xrender
- xi
- xext
- xfixes
- xcursor
- xdamage
- xcomposite
- atk-bridge-2.0
If you are building the Wayland backend, you will also need:
- Wayland-client
- Wayland-protocols
- Wayland-cursor
- Wayland-EGL
Once you have all the necessary dependencies, you can build GTK by using Meson:
$ meson _build .
$ cd _build
$ ninja
You can run the test suite using:
$ meson test
And, finally, you can install GTK using:
$ sudo ninja install
Complete information about installing GTK+ and related libraries can be found in the file:
docs/reference/gtk/html/gtk-building.html
Or online
How to report bugs
Bugs should be reported on the issues page.
In the bug report please include:
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Information about your system. For instance:
- which version of GTK you are using
- what operating system and version
- for Linux, which distribution
- if you built GTK, the list of options used to configure the build
And anything else you think is relevant.
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How to reproduce the bug.
If you can reproduce it with one of the demo applications that are built in the demos/ subdirectory, on one of the test programs that are built in the tests/ subdirectory, that will be most convenient. Otherwise, please include a short test program that exhibits the behavior. As a last resort, you can also provide a pointer to a larger piece of software that can be downloaded.
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If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out when the crash occurred.
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Further information such as stack traces may be useful, but is not necessary.
Contributing to GTK
Please, follow the contribution guide to know how to start contributing to GTK.
Release notes
The release notes for GTK are part of the migration guide in the API reference. See:
Licensing terms
GTK is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or, at your option, any later version, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Please, see the COPYING file for further information.