[haiku-appserver] Re: resize operation

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> We can do better, the problem is how?
>   - in the first case I can copy child2 to the right using HW acc.
>   - in the 2nd case I can copy child1 to the bottom using HW acc.
>   - in the 3rd case I can copy _only one_ of them using HW acc,
> the other being completely redrawn. The problem is: which one
> should I copy? The obvious answer would be: copy in the direction
> that has the biggest area of right or bottom aligned views. BUT,
> should I spend CPU cycles and memory to calculate which area is
> the biggest? Is it feasible? (BTW, same could be done for bottom-
> right
> aligned ones)
>       The approach I took was to always copy right aligned views,
> but that is not of much use when resizing on the vertical.
> 
> What should I do?
Why can we only draw one of them with HW acceleration?

In any event, you might want to test the calculate-and-accelerate 
method. Most likely, you either get a speedup or at least be no better 
off than before. It's worth looking into, anyway.

--DW

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