Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
| > It seems the behaviour was changed by André on 2004-04-13 during a major
| > macro rewrite.
|
| The attached patch restores the behaviour of 1.3: initMath() is not called on
| startup, but the first time a math inset is being inserted (or when a
| document with math insets is loaded, respectively). I'm not sure if this is
| the best approach, and it needs some testing. I just tested if symbols like
| \alpha are being displayed.
|
| Anyway, I think that initializing the whole math machinery during startup is
a
| big annoyance for all users who actually never need it, as long as it
| consumes this amount of time.
But what is the delay caused by. Not everyone sees it.
Is it the sheer number of fonts, or is it that some fonts are missing?
| I also thought about invoking initMath() at the end of the startup,
| but in the
| background (asynchronously), which would probably be the most elegant way. I
| don't know if this is already possible, though, and how. Furthermore, we
| could of course try to speed up getSymbolFont :-)
|
| What do you think?
For 1.4 only easy fixes that we understand why works.
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Lgb
