Re: anyone notice speed of 2.17.95 on Windows ?

[Trevor Daniels]

Keith OHara wrote Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:36 AM


> Most of the increase in time to set this score happened between 2.17.0 and .1
>  2.16.2 2m 30s
>  2.17.0 2m 28s
>  2.17.1 4m 06s
> so it is probably the issue 2148 patch, use of outlines instead of boxes for 
> layout.
> 
> I did speed-test that patch, but under Linux.  Maybe the system calls to the 
> font server, to get outlines for the glyphs, take longer under Windows.

Could be.  I've noticed that changing fonts under pure 
Windows programs like Excel takes a surprisingly long time.
That's under Vista Home Premium.

Trevor