java redisplay problem on intel driver

[Per Bothner]

Richard Körber wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> There is a bad redisplay problem for large (greater than around 1000
>> lines) text windows using a TextArea (or a Swing JTextPane).
>> I have the feeling it is specific to the Intel driver.
> 
> Yes, it's broken the same way here, too, both the AWT and Swing part. It 
> looks like the ListCellRenderer does not clean up itself properly before 
> drawing a new line.

I thought ListCellRenderer was only used for JList - at least I wouldn't
expect it to be used for the AWT TextArea.

> I have also tested it with a self-made Java software which I know was 
> working before. It also shows this issue when scrolling a large JTable, 
> horizontally and vertically. Everything's fine when the GTK+ Look and 
> Feel is used, though.

Interesting.  For me GTKLookAndFeel, MetalLookAndFeel, and
MotifLookAndFeel are all broken, but NimbusLookAndFeel is OK.

But that's at least a work-around so I can use NetBeans without
cursing - once I figure out how to have NetBeans use a non-default
look-and-feel.
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