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Re:Ledit: Simple, GPU-rendered, no bullshit text editor by zaptheimpaler on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @08:03PM (#30449022)
Just one more answer - why not? It seems to me that GPUs are heavily underutilized most of the time a PC is running. They kick in only in a few rare applications like gaming/rendering/video decoding and run at literal 0% utilization the other times (atleast according to what windows task manager tells me).

On the other hand, the CPU is often busy. Particularly for a text editor, theres a good chance the user is running all sorts of CPU heavy stuff like code analysis tools, databases, compile loops etc.

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Re:Ledit: Simple, GPU-rendered, no bullshit text editor by electroly on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:22AM (#30451197)
You should see at least a little bit of GPU usage for desktop composition. Try watching Task Manager while moving a window around or scrolling.
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Re:Ledit: Simple, GPU-rendered, no bullshit text editor by cosmotic on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:05PM (#30449748)
iTerm2 has a setting to use GPU and it makes it consume tons of CPU. Turning it off has no apparent adverse effect.
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