Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-25 Thread Edward Neeman
+1 from me for very slow launch times with OS X using both 2.19 and 2.18 (about 2 mins). Though for me it only occurs for the first run after updating the OS. I assumed it has something to do with the fonts. Best, Edward --- Dr. Edward Neeman www.neemanpianoduo.com > On 25 Apr 2018, at 7:30

Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-25 Thread David Kastrup
Andrew Bernard writes: > Hi Tim, > > The development versions are very stable. I hammer them all day with > massively complex scores, and no problems arise. The term 'unstable' is a > self deprecating conventional trope of modesty used in the open source > world. No,

Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-24 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Tim, The development versions are very stable. I hammer them all day with massively complex scores, and no problems arise. The term 'unstable' is a self deprecating conventional trope of modesty used in the open source world. Take the risk - it's worth it. And there are so many good new

Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-24 Thread Tim McNamara
> On Apr 23, 2018, at 1:13 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 23 Apr 2018 at 11:40:46 (-0400), Arle Lommel wrote: >> I’ve noticed on the Mac for some time that the first time I invoke Lilypond >> from an external application after a reboot, it can take quite a while

Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-24 Thread Arle Lommel
I'm using the latest development build, but had notes the same problem using the latest 2.18 build, so I don't see a way to update to anything more recent in this case. I wouldn't have thought of a font cache, but that gives me something to test and report back on. Perhaps it is a recurrence

Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-23 Thread David Wright
On Mon 23 Apr 2018 at 11:40:46 (-0400), Arle Lommel wrote: > I’ve noticed on the Mac for some time that the first time I invoke Lilypond > from an external application after a reboot, it can take quite a while for it > to respond. Normally this is something like a 40–60 second delay, after which

Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-23 Thread Tim McNamara
> On Apr 23, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Arle Lommel wrote: > > I’ve noticed on the Mac for some time that the first time I invoke Lilypond > from an external application after a reboot, it can take quite a while for it > to respond. Normally this is something like a 40–60

Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

2018-04-23 Thread Arle Lommel
I’ve noticed on the Mac for some time that the first time I invoke Lilypond from an external application after a reboot, it can take quite a while for it to respond. Normally this is something like a 40–60 second delay, after which Lilypond behaves normally. But a few days ago, after I updated