Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Richard Heck
On 07/28/2009 03:31 PM, Sam Liddicott wrote: Richard Heck wrote: Did you have View>Source open? Yes - I'll bet that was it! Nicely spotted, thanks! It'll be ok if you don't have "Complete source" (or whatever) checked. rh

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Sam Liddicott
Steve Litt wrote: What do you mean by "coming out at 1 character per second?" Do you mean it allows the typist only 1 char per second input, or do you mean something else? I mean it can't keep up with my typing, but I think Richard guessed right. I'll prove it tomorrow on the same documen

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Sam Liddicott
Richard Heck wrote: Did you have View>Source open? Yes - I'll bet that was it! Nicely spotted, thanks! Sam

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Richard Heck
On 07/28/2009 12:01 PM, Sam Liddicott wrote: * Rich Shepard wrote, On 28/07/09 16:36: On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote: Characters come out at about 1 character per second with top showing 94% CPU used by Lyx. Sam, Probably not LyX but other processes running. If

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 28 July 2009 14:41:54 you wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 July 2009 11:25:34 Sam Liddicott wrote: > >> I'm editing a 146K Lyx document (with no pictures) and the typing speed > >> is dreadful. > > > > That's a tiny document. > > Good :-) sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/stories$ ls

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Sam Liddicott
Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 28 July 2009 11:25:34 Sam Liddicott wrote: I'm editing a 146K Lyx document (with no pictures) and the typing speed is dreadful. That's a tiny document. Good :-) Characters come out at about 1 character per second with top showing 94% CPU used by Lyx

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 28 July 2009 11:25:34 Sam Liddicott wrote: > I'm editing a 146K Lyx document (with no pictures) and the typing speed > is dreadful. That's a tiny document. > > Characters come out at about 1 character per second with top showing 94% > CPU used by Lyx. Interestingly, there was a simila

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Sam Liddicott
* Rich Shepard wrote, On 28/07/09 16:36: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote: > >> Characters come out at about 1 character per second with top showing 94% >> CPU used by Lyx. > > Sam, > > Probably not LyX but other processes running. If you watch top while lyx > is idle you can get a b

Re: LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote: Characters come out at about 1 character per second with top showing 94% CPU used by Lyx. Sam, Probably not LyX but other processes running. If you watch top while lyx is idle you can get a better sense of what else is happening. Rich -- Richard B

LyX slow at 1 char per second, 94% cpu

2009-07-28 Thread Sam Liddicott
I'm editing a 146K Lyx document (with no pictures) and the typing speed is dreadful. Characters come out at about 1 character per second with top showing 94% CPU used by Lyx. The same instance of Lyx tabbed to a small document is very fast. Has anyone tips on speeding this up? - hmm a few hours