On Thu 07 Jul 2016 at 19:37:54 (-0700), BGM wrote: > Thanks for you interest, fellas. > > I downgraded lilypond to version 2.19.36-1 and everything works as expected > - that is, it compiles any of my scores normally in just a second or two. > > My problems were all with the latest lilypond 2.19.44-1 version.
Well, I downloaded 2.19.44-1 (I'm linux x86) and the first run of the same carol was very slow; the disk was churning throughout. However, this laptop does have a *very* slow disk, usually being gently fried at about 65-70°C. These runs are all the same version, 2.19.44-1. I dropped the caches halfway through. real 1m17.986s user 0m31.128s sys 0m1.176s real 0m17.420s user 0m16.948s sys 0m0.380s real 0m17.368s user 0m16.884s sys 0m0.400s # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches real 0m30.748s user 0m16.960s sys 0m0.596s real 0m17.565s user 0m16.832s sys 0m0.500s So I've gained another second! However, it's always possible the system load is lower (ie, fewer tabs open in the browser). But I don't see a problem in this version unless some particular construction of yours provokes it. Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user