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On 31 July 2010 02:19, Niels Mayer  wrote:

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>> Yes, the CPU usage is from envy24control. Somehow, strange as it

>> sounds... The higher the volume, the higher the CPU usage... Or, if

>> the audio output is continually loud, it seems to overload the meters

>> and CPU usages rockets.

>

> I've reproduced and fixed this problem. It had to do with a strange

> "Gtk-oscillation" in UI sizing that would happen whenever label

> "0dBFS" would get drawn into the digital mixer meter pair (which would

> of course occur with louder signals :-) ). Lesser (or at least more

> computationally tractable) oscillations within the pane of

> sliders&meters might also happen, but the "earthquake" caused by the

> digital mixer panel on the LHS resizing had an interesting "feedback

> loop" that would take quite a while to "settle out" event-wise.

Oh.. I had noticed a slight shaking but didn't think to mention it,

thinking it was just a cosmetic fault.
...
> Also, after seeing your snapshots with the "dark" background graphics,

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> I decided to let a gnome style pick a pair of contrasting colors for

> me. so now I'm using the following foreeground/background pair:

>        widget->style->text_aa[GTK_STATE_ACTIVE]

>        widget->style->text_aa[GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT]

> (the L/R meter pair for the digital mixer pair are the same color as

> all the other meters)

>

> Comments on this approach? The color choice is truly milquetoast now!

> But also visible, soothing & functional:

Comments? On first impressions, I like the screen shot because it's

not the old colours. Though first impressions based upon something not

being what it used to be count for nothing in the long run...
> http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/Screenshot-Mudita24-rc0-MonInp.png
I'd like to see a 'original color theme' checkbox so we can

temporarily be disgusted by the bright-green and cadmium yellow just

to make the milquetoast effect soothing once more ;-)
james.

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