> > Slow? I have noticed that the library loading slowness appeared with > the new IO manager thing. Although I don't have any proff to quanify > that.
I can also attest that (at least on Windows) the more recently nightlies (corresponding to the new IO plugin, approximately) take ~10s to load a library set that was previously < 1s. Once the libraries are loaded, eeschema takes an additional length of time (~10s) to open, whereas previously it opened "instantly" On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2017-03-08 22:33 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]>: > > On 3/8/2017 4:08 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > >> That's why I submitted such a trivial patch to the list first, I figured > >> someone would say something ;) > >> > >> It does make sense to me, because the GUI is blocked. The busy cursor > >> says to me "yes, the GUI is supposed to be blocked right now, it's not > >> frozen". Even with a progress bar, it can seem unresponsive - > >> particularly if 1) the progress bar ends up obscured, as can happen with > >> 'weird' window managers sometimes, or 2) if a single library takes a > >> particularly long time to load, which I'm sure will only get worse if we > >> eventually allow loading them over the internet like for footprint libs. > > > > It's the old belt and suspender method. Users have got to quit using > > those 'weird' window managers. It causes way too much grief. I'm > > surprised that a single library load takes long enough to need a busy > > cursor but I'm not opposed to the patch. Does the progress bar in > > wxWidgets have a continuous mode? That doesn't solve the hidden > > progress window issue though. > > > > I like the non-continous mode. > > Slow? I have noticed that the library loading slowness appeared with > the new IO manager thing. Although I don't have any proff to quanify > that. > > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 03:55:10PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >>> Does showing a progress dialog and a busy cursor at the same time make > >>> sense? > >>> > >>> On 3/8/2017 3:36 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> This patch enables display of the "busy" cursor while schematic > >>>> libraries are being loaded. Tested on Linux, Windows 10, and macOS > >>>> 10.12. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>> Post to : [email protected] > >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> Post to : [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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