Selecting Tools + pen pad = sluggish response

Hi Tom,

there are many different reasons why Inkscape can be slow, some are bugs, and some are just limitations due to the file structure and the computer you are using.

See http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12160 for tips about how to improve general performance.

In Inkscape 0.91, there's a problem with documents that contain a lot of text causing a massive slowdown. Converting text to path seems to help (but looses editability). Remember that Inkscape is not a desktop publishing software, so maybe for creating long menues with multiple pages and lots of text, it's recommendable to use an appropriate tool, like Scribus (http://scribus.net/).

Then there's also a problem with the rulers in some cases, see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.91#Known_issues . Hiding them can improve performance with some graphics cards.

If these hints don't help:

For the specific driver settings of your graphics tablet: Did you try out modifying them?

As I am not a Windows user, nor a graphics tablet expert:
Please look through this list of known bugs:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape?field.searchtext=wacom+bamboo&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=

and compare them to your problem to see if it is already known to the developers. Else you might need to open a new bug report.

Kind regards,
 Maren

Maren
Thank you for your feedback
a) Big menus have never been a problem( Google > signartsite2 )some up to 160 cm deep!
b) Never use the rulers, but will hide as you suggest
c) Inkscape manual (tavmjong) suggests 'Disable' on the pen-pad - Have done that
d) 'Trust' pen was ok with Inkscape - But that was ausb version - This one is a wireless version - so maybe - maybe that's it (?) If I could be certain, I would buy that version.
 Will sift through your links
Thanks again
Regards

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> Subject: Re: [Question #291894]: Selecting Tools + pen pad = sluggish response
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:22:16 +0000
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> Your question #291894 on Inkscape changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Hachmann proposed the following answer:
> Hi Tom,
>
> there are many different reasons why Inkscape can be slow, some are
> bugs, and some are just limitations due to the file structure and the
> computer you are using.
>
> See http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12160 for tips about
> how to improve general performance.
>
> In Inkscape 0.91, there's a problem with documents that contain a lot of
> text causing a massive slowdown. Converting text to path seems to help
> (but looses editability). Remember that Inkscape is not a desktop
> publishing software, so maybe for creating long menues with multiple
> pages and lots of text, it's recommendable to use an appropriate tool,
> like Scribus (http://scribus.net/).
>
> Then there's also a problem with the rulers in some cases, see
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.91#Known_issues
> . Hiding them can improve performance with some graphics cards.
>
>
> If these hints don't help:
>
> For the specific driver settings of your graphics tablet: Did you try
> out modifying them?
>
> As I am not a Windows user, nor a graphics tablet expert:
> Please look through this list of known bugs:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape?field.searchtext=wacom+bamboo&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=
>
> and compare them to your problem to see if it is already known to the
> developers. Else you might need to open a new bug report.
>
> Kind regards,
> Maren
>
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