Ben M. wrote:
Each time I view/export a PDF, LyX freezes for several seconds while
the document generates. This is bug #412.
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/412
Why doesn't LyX simply perform the export in a separate thread instead
of locking the UI?
I'm really surprised that this bug has remained open for 8 years with
priority "low" and severity "minor." Locking the UI seems like a
mortal sin. (Could you imagine a web browser that completely locks up
while webpages load?)
I wrote a bash script to monitor a .lyx file for changes and perform a
command line export. That way, whenever I hit "save" the export
pleasantly runs in the background. Surely there is a better way to
achieve the same effect.
This bug has been bothering me (and also apparently Uwe) for a very
long time, and I was hoping that we could do something we can do about
it. There seems to have been some work towards a progress indicator.
However, implementing a progress indicator seems like a separate
project.
I'd love to hear what others think. Thanks!
I think we all agree that this would nice to fix and we'd love to have
you finish what Peter started some months ago ;-)
Abdel.
