Such long load times make Inkscape unusable for work when you have a lot of files to look through or modify. There should be an option to fix it - and not by deleting fonts. For example Inkscape should load fonts in the background - and only show those that are already loaded.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488247 Title: Inkscape is slow starting Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Triaged Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “inkscape” package in Arch Linux: New Status in “inkscape” package in Debian: Confirmed Status in Gentoo Linux: Unknown Status in “inkscape” package in Mandriva: Unknown Bug description: Hi, Although Inkscape is a nice program, I recognize that it's becoming slower and slower each time a new version is released. Also I have compiled inkscape from subversion (Revision: 22608) in a Ubuntu 8.10 box. (Intel Core 2 duo 1.8 GHz and 2 GB of RAM) In the build I have disabled the -g option in all the Makefiles, but launching inkscape takes more than 10 seconds!! And in its actions it demostrates that it has become slower. Is any way to improve the performance of Inkscape (for example, using a separate thread to loading the plugins, using a load of components by demand, using OpenGL+Shaders for drawings,...) I have some knowledge of optimization in C/C++ but I know next to nothing how Inkscape has been programmed. Thanks guys for this great program. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/488247/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
