Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by Tyriar » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 4:40 PM UTC

Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements
code.visualstudio.com

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by FBISurveillance » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:26 PM UTC

Obligatory comment: I really like VSCode but keep jumping back and forth between it and Sublime because of startup time.

I like VSCode enough to use it daily and extensively and jump back to sublime when I need to jump around projects fast–when startup time becomes crucial.

I believe they will solve this issue at some point.

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by jordache » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:36 PM UTC

Why are they focusing on this when there is a huge usability problem on osx + high res displays

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by KayL » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:39 PM UTC

jordache wrote: post #3

Why are they focusing on this when there is a huge usability problem on osx + high res displays

I'm using a macbook pro and it seems fine. Is the text blurry on 4k/5k?

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by Tyriar » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

jordache wrote: post #3

Why are they focusing on this when there is a huge usability problem on osx + high res displays

Author of the blog post here. Canvas works fine for HDPI screens, you just need to handle it by tweaking the size of the canvas element (in CSS pixels, .style.width) and the number of actual pixels in the canvas (.width).

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by FBISurveillance » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:44 PM UTC

KayL wrote: post #4

jordache wrote: post #3

Why are they focusing on this when there is a huge usability problem on osx + high res displays

I'm using a macbook pro and it seems fine. Is the text blurry on 4k/5k?

I own LG Ultrafine 5K; when I work with VS Code full screen it blinks like framerate is 10fps or something. Otherwise it works OK on MacBook screen.

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by Zaskoda » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:53 PM UTC

jordache wrote: post #3

Why are they focusing on this when there is a huge usability problem on osx + high res displays

I'm on Linux, but I actually chose VS Code over Sublime 2 because I switched to an HD display. Sublime 2 does not scale tabs (or at least it didn't when I switched) which drove me nuts. I didn't expect to like VS Code but I do. I like it a lot, especially for going to and from different display resolutions.

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by reljac » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:55 PM UTC

FBISurveillance wrote: post #6

KayL wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm using a macbook pro and it seems fine. Is the text blurry on 4k/5k?

I own LG Ultrafine 5K; when I work with VS Code full screen it blinks like framerate is 10fps or something. Otherwise it works OK on MacBook screen.

I'm running a Touch Bar MBP connected to the LG UltraFine 5K with no visible problems FullScreen or not on the LG panel.

Resolution is set for "Default for display" and I run Flux. Initially I had some issues with the monitor that went away when I got a new USB-C cable. Perhaps that would help...?

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by polskibus » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 6:02 PM UTC

That's great! Does anyone know if the code editor itself uses canvas rendering? If not then why?

Re: Integrated Terminal Performance Improvements

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Post by ch4s3 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 6:06 PM UTC

FBISurveillance wrote: post #2

Obligatory comment: I really like VSCode but keep jumping back and forth between it and Sublime because of startup time. I like VSCode enough to use it daily and extensively and jump back to sublime when I need to jump around projects fast–when startup time becomes crucial. I believe they will solve this issue at some point.

I think they can probably improve, but just due to being built on chromium means a level of overhead that's likely higher than sublime. If fix means acceptably close, they might get there. I'm now using VSCode daily and have no real complaints.