A week ago I upgraded from 2.11.34 to 2.11.41, and noticed the compile time seemed longer than previously. I've just done a few tests with a trivial file. Using 2.11.34 the compile time to pdf production takes around 15 secs, but with both 2.11.41 and 2.11.42 the same file takes 55-60 secs - four times longer. This is running on Windows XP SP2.
Investigating further, I see that the font cache was changed between 2.11.34 and 2.11.41. Under 2.11.34 the fonts are cached in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\.fontconfig. This contains three files, 2 small and one large (518 KB). When LilyPond compiles it changes the two small files but not the large one. Under 2.11.42 the fonts are cached in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\.lilypond-fonts.cache-2. This also contains 2 small and one large (682 KB) files, but when LilyPond compiles it changes just the large file - every time. This is pretty certainly where the extra time is going, as the time stamp on this file updates around 45 secs after starting the compile. This may well be the same as the Vista slowness problem which was also related to font caching. Trevor D _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
