Re: lilypond speed - ridiculously slow on windows xp

[Sven Axelsson]

On 21/11/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sven Axelsson wrote:
> >>It's understandable that reading things takes time. The strange thing is
> >>that this should all be cached, so second runs are much quicker. Can you
> >>check whether the font directory are changed (files (dis)appearing,
> >>timestamps that change?) regularly?
> >>
> >>Also, there should be a font.cache-1 file, which caches the results. I'm
> >>not sure where it is put on Windows, though.
> >
> >
> > Hmm, I can't find  anything called font.cache-1 or even font.cache*
> > anywhere on my computer. Perhaps this file is not created on Windows
> > anymore? Lilypond has been slow since 2.7.12 I think. I may try
> > installing an older version and see if the speed comes back.
>
> Can you see what happens if you run lilypond with administrator rights?

I've been doing that all the time.

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Sven Axelsson