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.
|
| 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?
Some testing first, then we'll decide.
But if not now, we should move towards delayed initialization of math
as well.
What does initMath really do?
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Lgb
