Merge pull request #730 from atom-minimap/dsyncronized-canvas-feat-detect

Author: aminya

lib/canvas-layer.js

@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ module.exports = class CanvasLayer {
      * @type {HTMLCanvasElement}
      */
     this.canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
+
+    const desynchronized = process.platform !== "linux"
+    const lowLatency = desynchronized
+
     /**
      * The onscreen canvas context.
      * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
      */
-    this.context = this.canvas.getContext('2d', { desynchronized: true })
+    this.context = this.canvas.getContext('2d', { desynchronized: desynchronized, lowLatency: lowLatency })
     this.canvas.webkitImageSmoothingEnabled = false
     this.context.imageSmoothingEnabled = false
 
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = class CanvasLayer {
      * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
      * @access private
      */
-    this.offscreenContext = this.offscreenCanvas.getContext('2d', { desynchronized: true })
+    this.offscreenContext = this.offscreenCanvas.getContext('2d', { desynchronized: desynchronized, lowLatency: lowLatency })
     this.offscreenCanvas.webkitImageSmoothingEnabled = false
     this.offscreenContext.imageSmoothingEnabled = false
   }