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% time     seconds  usecs/call     calls      function
------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------------------
 74.93   10.388769         366     28342 strlen
 14.69    2.037083        4896       416 pthread_mutex_unlock
  0.82    0.114367         149       765 gettimeofday
  0.74    0.102300          96      1064 _Znwj
  0.63    0.088003          82      1063 _ZdlPv
  0.48    0.065878          86       765 gmtime_r
  0.47    0.065621          93       702 memcpy
  0.45    0.062313          85       726 memmove
  0.38    0.052182          82       632 __divdi3
  0.37    0.050929         401       127 _ZNSsC1EPKcRKSaIcE
  0.32    0.044676         180       247 g_timeout_add
  0.30    0.042062          83       504 __ctype_b_loc
  0.30    0.041237          87       473 floor
  0.29    0.040778        1165        35 cairo_fill
  0.29    0.039894          95       416 pthread_mutex_lock
  0.26    0.036177          93       387 cairo_rectangle
  0.21    0.028995          88       327 sem_wait
  0.21    0.028964          82       352 cairo_clip
  0.21    0.028505          77       367 ceil
  0.20    0.027342          86       316 cairo_reset_clip
  0.19    0.026790          79       336 _ZNSsC1ERKSs
  0.19    0.026559          81       327 sem_post
  0.15    0.020526          79       259 _ZNSs4_Rep10_M_destroyERKSaIcE
  0.15    0.020516          83       247 g_source_remove
  0.14    0.019474         146       133 read
  0.13    0.018675         140       133 write
  0.12    0.016981          77       220 strcmp
  0.12    0.016314          88       184 _ZSt18_Rb_tree_incrementPKSt18_Rb_tree_node_base
  0.11    0.015860          74       212 pthread_self
  0.09    0.012599         314        40 gdk_window_invalidate_rect
  0.09    0.012511          97       128 gtk_menu_item_get_label
  0.09    0.012213          91       133 _ZNSs6assignEPKcj
  0.08    0.011544          81       141 log10
  0.08    0.011503          79       144 gtk_widget_get_parent
  0.08    0.011371          80       141 ceilf
  0.08    0.011126          86       128 gtk_widget_set_sensitive
  0.08    0.010570          81       129 g_type_check_instance_cast
  0.07    0.009957          77       128 gtk_menu_item_get_type
  0.07    0.009914          83       119 exp
  0.07    0.009733          75       129 _ZNSs4_Rep9_S_createEjjRKSaIcE
  0.07    0.009624          84       114 gtk_widget_show
  0.07    0.009517          79       119 sin
  0.07    0.009016         128        70 cairo_destroy
  0.06    0.008147          76       106 __errno_location
  0.06    0.008130          74       109 cairo_image_surface_get_data
  0.06    0.007971          97        82 _ZSt29_Rb_tree_insert_and_rebalancebPSt18_Rb_tree_node_baseS0_RS_
  0.05    0.007461          81        92 _ZNSsD1Ev
  0.04    0.006112          92        66 g_idle_add
  0.04    0.005926          75        78 strncmp
  0.04    0.005744          83        69 toupper
  0.04    0.005550          79        70 wcslen
  0.04    0.005454          75        72 cairo_image_surface_get_stride
  0.03    0.004414         126        35 gdk_cairo_create
  0.03    0.004315         123        35 cairo_stroke
  0.03    0.003962         113        35 gdk_window_set_cursor
  0.03    0.003933         112        35 cairo_image_surface_get_width
  0.03    0.003818          84        45 free
  0.03    0.003708         105        35 cairo_set_source_rgba
  0.02    0.003455          78        44 memset
  0.02    0.003423          85        40 gdk_unicode_to_keyval
  0.02    0.003322          94        35 gdk_cursor_new_for_display
  0.02    0.003286          93        35 cairo_translate
  0.02    0.003282          93        35 cairo_create
  0.02    0.003268          93        35 cairo_image_surface_create_for_data
  0.02    0.003202          74        43 malloc
  0.02    0.003129          89        35 cairo_set_source_surface
  0.02    0.003064          87        35 __swprintf_chk
  0.02    0.002972          84        35 gdk_cursor_unref
  0.02    0.002892          82        35 cairo_set_line_width
  0.02    0.002817          80        35 cairo_move_to
  0.02    0.002800          80        35 gtk_widget_get_display
  0.02    0.002797          79        35 cairo_surface_flush
  0.02    0.002759          78        35 cairo_image_surface_get_height
  0.02    0.002751          78        35 cairo_line_to
  0.02    0.002590          74        35 cairo_surface_destroy
  0.02    0.002568          71        36 strtoull
  0.02    0.002532          70        36 __strncpy_chk
  0.01    0.002001          69        29 gtk_widget_hide
  0.00    0.000546          54        10 memcmp
  0.00    0.000442          49         9 realloc
  0.00    0.000263         263         1 _ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEEC1EPKwRKS1_
  0.00    0.000189          63         3 gtk_im_context_filter_keypress
  0.00    0.000187          62         3 gdk_keymap_translate_keyboard_state
  0.00    0.000172         172         1 cairo_paint_with_alpha
  0.00    0.000132          66         2 gdk_keyval_to_unicode
  0.00    0.000130         130         1 gtk_window_set_title
  0.00    0.000127          63         2 g_object_get
  0.00    0.000076          76         1 gtk_settings_get_default
  0.00    0.000075          75         1 _ZNKSs7compareERKSs
  0.00    0.000055          55         1 cairo_set_source_rgb
  0.00    0.000053          53         1 cairo_save
  0.00    0.000050          50         1 cairo_restore
  0.00    0.000048          48         1 gtk_window_get_type
  0.00    0.000047          47         1 _ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEED1Ev
  0.00    0.000046          46         1 _ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE4_Rep9_S_createEjjRKS1_
  0.00    0.000044          44         1 wmemcpy
  0.00    0.000044          44         1 wmemcmp
------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------------------
100.00   13.865249                 43464 total