Re: lilypond speed on windows in 2.8.1 - back to running slowly

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

dave k wrote:
> 2.8.0-5 fortunately fixed the problem of Lilypond running slowly on Windows
> (having to recreate the font cache every time), but this problem has returned in
> 2.8.1-1.

Yes, I can verify. Unfortunately,  I'm a bit flabbergasted about why it 
fell over once again.

I suggest to use the workaround, ie. to run fc-cache.exe in 
C:/windows/fonts/ . I've verified that this works over  here. Note that 
you'll need to remove Read-only and System  attributes to 
C:/Windows/fonts/ to make this work, ie

cmd ->

  cd \windows
  attrib -r -s fonts
  fc-cache.exe fonts

there's also a separate bug with directory timestamps, which will be 
fixed in a forthcoming 2.8.1-2 release.

Unfortunately, I currently lack the time to seriously look at this; 
typically, debugging a problem like this takes about half a day of work.

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