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

[Trent Johnston]

> 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.
>
> -- 
>
> Han-Wen Nienhuys - address@hidden - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
>
> LilyPond Software Design
>   -- Code for Music Notation
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>
>
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Hi,

On the other hand 2.9.1 on windows runs very fast... The fastest I've seen
it run a long time... It's great!!

Love the "system-count" feature makes laying out a score very easy..

Regards,

Trent