Re: LilyPond is excessively slow on Windows Vista

[Trevor Daniels]

Tim Slattery wrote:
> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > The Vista fix for LilyPond releases for and after 2.11.42 is to uncheck 
> > the
> > "Automatically adjust .." box, delete ~/.lilypond-fonts.cache-2 and run
> > LilyPond again to rebuild the cache.  The "Automatically adjust ..." box
> > can then be checked again and all should thereafter work correctly.
>
> > For releases earlier than 2.11.34 the font cache was saved in
> > ~/.fontconfig.  Otherwise I guess the fix is the same.
>
> I couldn't find either of these files anywhere on my machine. I
> unchecked the DST box and ran the program a couple of times. No,
> change.

The leading dot in the name makes these system or hidden files.
To see them, select your home directory in Windows Explorer,
then Tools -> Folder Options, select the View tab and select
the "Show hidden files and folders" option.

> So I downloaded and installed 2.11.64. The first time I ran it, there
> was the long wait again, though it was only about 30 seconds instead
> of the 50 seconds that 2.10.33 had been taking. The second time, no
> wait at all!

Good!  Another problem fixed :)  Thanks Han-Wen.

Trevor