LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
Hi I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on an Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next to it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something wrong? Comments are welcome since this is quite a waste of resources. Otherwise I became a real fan of lyx within the short time I've been using it. Thanks Alex
Re: LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
2009/7/7 BH bewih...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Alexander Barczaab...@cam.ac.uk wrote: Hi I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on an Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next to it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something wrong? I agree that LyX uses more resources than it should on Mac -- but only when it's actively doing something. (Typing and opening files are the two big culprits as far as I can tell.) However, in my experience it does not use much when sitting idle. Are you sure it's LyX consuming CPU power in your case? -- Try running Activity Monitor.app (/Applications/Utilities/) to see what's responsible for the CPU usage in your case. BH After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when I restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% which is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a while so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the reply! Alex
Re: LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
2009/7/7 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org Alexander Barcza ab...@cam.ac.uk writes: After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when I restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% which is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a while so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the reply! If you have access to a binary with debug information and to the Shark.app profiler, it would be interesting to know what parts of LyX are causing the cpu load. JMarc I'd be pleased to help but not a developer. Shark.app is installed and if you give me a quick description of what you are interested in I can run Shark the next time this scenario repeats. I don't know when that will be because as I said just reopening the file doesn't lead to the high cpu load.
LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
Hi I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on an Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next to it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something wrong? Comments are welcome since this is quite a waste of resources. Otherwise I became a real fan of lyx within the short time I've been using it. Thanks Alex
Re: LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
2009/7/7 BH bewih...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Alexander Barczaab...@cam.ac.uk wrote: Hi I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on an Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next to it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something wrong? I agree that LyX uses more resources than it should on Mac -- but only when it's actively doing something. (Typing and opening files are the two big culprits as far as I can tell.) However, in my experience it does not use much when sitting idle. Are you sure it's LyX consuming CPU power in your case? -- Try running Activity Monitor.app (/Applications/Utilities/) to see what's responsible for the CPU usage in your case. BH After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when I restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% which is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a while so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the reply! Alex
Re: LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
2009/7/7 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org Alexander Barcza ab...@cam.ac.uk writes: After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when I restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% which is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a while so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the reply! If you have access to a binary with debug information and to the Shark.app profiler, it would be interesting to know what parts of LyX are causing the cpu load. JMarc I'd be pleased to help but not a developer. Shark.app is installed and if you give me a quick description of what you are interested in I can run Shark the next time this scenario repeats. I don't know when that will be because as I said just reopening the file doesn't lead to the high cpu load.
LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
Hi I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on an Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next to it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something wrong? Comments are welcome since this is quite a waste of resources. Otherwise I became a real fan of lyx within the short time I've been using it. Thanks Alex
Re: LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
2009/7/7 BH <bewih...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Alexander Barcza<ab...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I use LyX 1.6.3 (installed the mac version, so no fink or other port) on > an > > Intel Mac 10.5.7 and experience a rather high cup usage by LyX even when > > it's doing nothing. I just have the LyX window open and watch 'top' next > to > > it. The cpu shoots up to 50% and more for LyX with it doing nothing. > > > > There seemed to be a bug with a blinking cursor a while ago (LyX 1.4) and > > I'm wondering whether this issue is related. Or is it me doing something > > wrong? > > I agree that LyX uses more resources than it should on Mac -- but only > when it's actively doing something. (Typing and opening files are the > two big culprits as far as I can tell.) However, in my experience it > does not use much when sitting idle. Are you sure it's LyX consuming > CPU power in your case? -- Try running Activity Monitor.app > (/Applications/Utilities/) to see what's responsible for the CPU usage > in your case. > > BH > After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when I restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% which is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a while so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the reply! Alex
Re: LyX 1.6.3 on Intel Mac consumes a lot of cpu
2009/7/7 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org> > Alexander Barcza <ab...@cam.ac.uk> writes: > > After closing a big file that was opened the cpu load dropped. Even when > I > > restarted LyX and opened the large file again the cpu stayed around 3% > which > > is totally acceptable. I haven't restarted the computer and LyX in a > while > > so maybe the whole issue was caused by that (don't ask me how). Sorry for > > causing traffic for such a benign problem. In any case, thanks for the > > reply! > > If you have access to a binary with debug information and to the > Shark.app profiler, it would be interesting to know what parts of LyX > are causing the cpu load. > > JMarc > I'd be pleased to help but not a developer. Shark.app is installed and if you give me a quick description of what you are interested in I can run Shark the next time this scenario repeats. I don't know when that will be because as I said just reopening the file doesn't lead to the high cpu load.
how to use custom insert
Hello,
I'm using LyX 1.6.3 on a Mac. I'd like to define some custom insert in order
to insert frequently used formatted text. There seems to be an item in the
menu but all it says is No custom insets defined!. How do I define one?
Could you please let me know whether I'm doing something wrong or whether
there is a workaround to achieve the same. In particular I want to define
some math expressions (like $T_{\mathrm{C}} and so on) that I want to insert
in my document with a single/few clicks.
This is possible in e.g. Kile but I really love LyX because of the WYSIWYG.
Thanks
Alex
how to use custom insert
Hello,
I'm using LyX 1.6.3 on a Mac. I'd like to define some custom insert in order
to insert frequently used formatted text. There seems to be an item in the
menu but all it says is No custom insets defined!. How do I define one?
Could you please let me know whether I'm doing something wrong or whether
there is a workaround to achieve the same. In particular I want to define
some math expressions (like $T_{\mathrm{C}} and so on) that I want to insert
in my document with a single/few clicks.
This is possible in e.g. Kile but I really love LyX because of the WYSIWYG.
Thanks
Alex
how to use "custom insert"
Hello,
I'm using LyX 1.6.3 on a Mac. I'd like to define some custom insert in order
to insert frequently used formatted text. There seems to be an item in the
menu but all it says is "No custom insets defined!". How do I define one?
Could you please let me know whether I'm doing something wrong or whether
there is a workaround to achieve the same. In particular I want to define
some math expressions (like $T_{\mathrm{C}} and so on) that I want to insert
in my document with a single/few clicks.
This is possible in e.g. Kile but I really love LyX because of the WYSIWYG.
Thanks
Alex
