Hello, dont beat the messenger, its the donkey:
Sometimes ago I had the same problem and I messured the compilation times of one and the same lilypond music file. model age OS Processor memory Compiletimet Thinkpad x21 ca. 10 XP 700 MHz 392 MB 20 s Thinkpad T42 ca. 3 XP 1,7 GHz 500 MB 12 s Thinkpad x61s New VISTA Dual 1,6 GHz 1 GB 67 s - 90 s Thinkpad x61s New VISTA Dual 1,6 GHz 2 GB 49 s - 76 s Thinkpad x61s New Ubuntu (Linux) Dual 1,6 GHz 2 GB 4-5 s Thinkpad x61s New XP Dual 1,6 GHz 2 GB 2 s Mac Powerbook ca. 4 OSX 10.5 1,5 Ghz PPC 1 GB 16 s So throw away Vista and you will see light at the end of the tunnel Hajo 2008/11/12 Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Have you checked that it's slow the _second_ time you run a file? > > It will be slow the first time it runs because it needs to build a > > font cache, but successive times should not be slow. > > Just wondering: Does lilypond emit a message that the font cache is > being generated, and that this usually takes some time? > > > Werner > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -- --- ... indessen wandelt harmlos droben das Gestirn
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