2009/7/7 BH <bewih...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Alexander Barcza<ab...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on > an > > Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when > > it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next > to > > it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. > > > > There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and > > I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something > > wrong? > > I agree that LyX uses more resources than it should on Mac -- but only > when it's actively doing something. (Typing and opening files are the > two big culprits as far as I can tell.) However, in my experience it > does not use much when sitting idle. Are you sure it's LyX consuming > CPU power in your case? -- Try running Activity Monitor.app > (/Applications/Utilities/) to see what's responsible for the CPU usage > in your case.
> > BH > After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when I restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% which is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a while so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the reply! Alex
