replying to myself here after realizing that i made this quite complicated, sorry. i get similar results when just doing this on macos here:
time /Applications/Pd-0.54-1.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd -send "pd quit" vs. time /Applications/Pd-0.55-0test2c.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd -send "pd quit" cheers, ben Am Do., 16. Mai 2024 um 13:21 Uhr schrieb Benjamin Wesch <benjamin.we...@gmail.com>: > > thanks for looking into this! > when comparing click-on-app-icon vs. starting > "/Applications/Pd-0.55-0test2c.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd" from the > terminal, i also get slightly different results. the latter seems to > be a 1 or 2s faster (this was also the way i measured). the former > even causes the loading icon to appear, which i never saw in the pd > context iirc. > > but then again, i'm not sure if this is actually an issue at all! if > you don't see it on your side on the same architecture, it may well be > caused by some weird configuration on my side. > > just to document what i did to check the difference - which i hope is > a valid approach ... i have this little script "timer_pd.sh": > #!/bin/bash > LOG_FILE=$1 > START_TIME=$(gdate +%s.%N) > while : ; do > if grep -q "connected" "$LOG_FILE"; then > END_TIME=$(gdate +%s.%N) > DURATION=$(echo "$END_TIME - $START_TIME" | bc -l) > printf "%s: %.2fs\n" "$LOG_FILE" "$DURATION" > break > fi > sleep 0.1 > done > > ... and then starting these commands to reset the log and start timer > and pd in parallel: > truncate -s 0 pd-0.55-0.log > ./timer_pd.sh pd-0.55-0.log & > /Applications/Pd-0.55-0test2c.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd 2> pd-0.55-0.log & > > or obviously the same way: > truncate -s 0 pd-0.54-1.log > ./timer_pd.sh pd-0.54-1.log & > /Applications/Pd-0.54-1.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd 2> pd-0.54-1.log & > > cheers, > ben > > Am Do., 16. Mai 2024 um 12:20 Uhr schrieb Miller Puckette > <mpucke...@cloud.ucsd.edu>: > > > > I'm having trouble recreating this - I thik it was happening for a while > > but now I can't seem to get consistent differences (after launching both > > versions many times). Are you launching it by clicking on the Pd icon, > > or some other way? (That seems to make a difference). > > > > thanks > > > > M > > > > On 5/15/24 1:25 PM, Benjamin Wesch wrote: > > > hm, that's really weird. i tried to objectively measure here now with > > > a script that waits for the "connected" output when starting both > > > versions in parallel and i consistently get results quite similar to > > > this: > > > > > > pd-0.54-1.log: 0.99s > > > pd-0.55-0.log: 2.72s > > > > > > so my subjective impression was certainly wrong with 5s - but there's > > > still a noticeable difference. > > > > > > cheers, > > > ben > > > > > > Am Mi., 15. Mai 2024 um 11:51 Uhr schrieb Miller Puckette > > > <mpucke...@cloud.ucsd.edu>: > > >> Hmm... I'm not getting that on mine. The startup order is indeed > > >> different - > > >> > > >> the GUI doesn't start up until after any startup stuff has been done > > >> (loading libraries, > > >> > > >> etc). But I don't _think_ the overall time spent is different - do let > > >> me know if you're > > >> > > >> finding otherwise :) > > >> > > >> Miller > > >> > > >> On 5/15/24 10:56 AM, Benjamin Wesch wrote: > > >>> thanks a lot for the test release! > > >>> what i noticed here (apple m2) in addition to the missing console > > >>> output: pd now takes ~5s to start. not a big deal obviously, but it's > > >>> a huge difference compared to 0.54, where the gui is ready after ~1s. > > >>> > > >>> cheers, > > >>> ben > > >>> > > >>> Am Di., 14. Mai 2024 um 16:26 Uhr schrieb Miller Puckette > > >>> <mpucke...@cloud.ucsd.edu>: > > >>>> To Pd-announce: > > >>>> > > >>>> Pd version 0.55-0 test2 is available from > > >>>> http://msp.ucsd.edu/software.htm > > >>>> or (source only) via github: > > >>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data__;!!Mih3wA!EYIIRk4dAHKvFUeDU8oAbbLqs85QxrQMAIKPfOBo4CV429prsy7Mkhr6G-eFg56gAQv31-q3Q0hYoDbWzZpR$ > > >>>> > > >>>> There was no "test1" - it never made it through the release process. > > >>>> Also, > > >>>> for Mac users, the app will show up as "Pd-0.55-0test2c" but in fact > > >>>> it's just test2. > > >>>> > > >>>> cheers > > >>>> Miller > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Pd-announce mailing list > > >>>> pd-annou...@lists.iem.at > > >>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce__;!!Mih3wA!EYIIRk4dAHKvFUeDU8oAbbLqs85QxrQMAIKPfOBo4CV429prsy7Mkhr6G-eFg56gAQv31-q3Q0hYoBRj2MA2$ > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > >>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list__;!!Mih3wA!EYIIRk4dAHKvFUeDU8oAbbLqs85QxrQMAIKPfOBo4CV429prsy7Mkhr6G-eFg56gAQv31-q3Q0hYoBYYetOc$ > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list__;!!Mih3wA!EYIIRk4dAHKvFUeDU8oAbbLqs85QxrQMAIKPfOBo4CV429prsy7Mkhr6G-eFg56gAQv31-q3Q0hYoBYYetOc$ > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list