Re: Lilypond on max os x takes huge amount of time

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Peter van Kranenburg schreef:
> Addition:
>
> If lilypond is run from a local account, everything is ok. Then the 
> font-cache file contains the proper contents. So, it has something to do 
> with the creation of the font-cache on a network account.
>
> regards,
> Peter
>
> Peter van Kranenburg wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > When typesetting a score using lilypond on Mac Os X, it takes a long 
> > time before
> > lilypond starts to parse the inputfile (aprox one and a half minute on my
> > system). During this time there is no feedback yet.
> >
> > Is this a known problem? Is there a solution for it?
> >
> > I noticed that the file .lilypond-2.8.5-font.cache-1 in my homedir is 
> > empty.
> > Maybe this has somthing to do with it?
> >
> > Lilypond 2.8.5-1
> > Mac Os X 10.3.9
> > PowerPC G4 1.25 GHz
> > My homedir is on a network drive, lilypond is installed on the local 
> > harddisk.

It's a possibility. I recommend that you run fc-cache in

  /System/Library/Fonts

and

   /Library/Fonts

this will speed up future calls as well.

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