Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The only explanation I have is that you have the View Source window open while typing, if so, this > is bug http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5347
Thank you all for the quick and helpful replies. I was not using LyX over remote desktop, except to test whether I experience the slowness on other closeby computers as well (all other programs run normally in the remote session). Many thanks to Uwe, however for pointing out the recent bug report: it turns out my problem was very much related. I did not report this as a bug, as I was trying to understand whether my computer configuration is causing the problems, or if the way LyX documents get refreshed and interact with each other slows down things (and this is remembered next time I open LyX)... LyX, however didn't take more than 15-50,000K of memory. It proves Uwe had a good intuition - I was having "View Source" open, as well as both boxes checked (entire source file and automatic refresh). It is sufficient to uncheck auto-refresh to get rid of the slowness. Thank you - I lost quite a few days trying to deal with the slow program! > When you write sensible documents like a Ph.D. thesis, it is strongly recommend not to use test > releases like LyX 1.6.0xxx. I will also look into using 1.5.6 to complete my work (now that will also be fast if I uncheck the same box). I assume that in order to convert any 1.6.0 .lyx files to make them readable by 1.5.6, I have to export them as plain Latex and then import them again in the older version. Have a great week! Alex
