On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't understand the technical issues, but on Vista > the fonts are contained in ~\.lilypond-fonts.cache-2. > (To see these make sure you have the options set in > Windows Explorer to Show hidden file and folders.) > This should contain a number of smaller files (>=2) > and one large file, c. 800Kb on my system. Check the > date/time the large file was last modified. It should > only be changed infrequently (I don't know what triggers > it.) If it changes on every LP run, then this is the cause > of the slowness. Two of the smaller files should be rebuilt > on the first run after a new install, which causes the > this first run to take more time, around 20 secs more, > than subsequent runs.
I just installed GUB builds of 2.11.63 on Windows XP and x86 GNU/Linux, and the cache folder has the same name on both of these systems. After the first run, 15 cache files are created on GNU/Linux, and 3 are created on Windows XP. And exactly one of these cache files is significantly larger than the others (163Kb on GNU/Linux, and 169Kb on Windows XP), just as you have said. However, on second and subsequent runs, the timestamp on the large cache file updates each time on Windows XP. This does not happen for me on GNU/Linux. This seems to be the reason behind the slightly "delayed" start after every invocation of LilyPond on Windows XP. lilypond --verbose shows the delay happening at the "Building font database." step. The delay on GNU/Linux is non-existent. Is the large cache file being rebuilt mistakenly (on some Windows systems)? I hope this test case helps! Thanks, Patrick _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
