Hi Chris,
- my computer is butt-slow, and startup is exceedingly slow compared to the
homebrew version
Yup, as with 0.91 then. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong here, but IIRC this is mostly fontcache. Subsequent launches should be a bit faster. Ideally it should be much faster. VLC seems to have worked out a fix for their fontcache delays; I can't remember the last time I hit one with it.
Incidentally, what's the status of making Inkscape with a native Mac GUI (i.e. no Xquartz needed, no ctrl+<> key combos, etc.)? Is it a matter of getting a mac developer on board or is there much more to it than that?
That's waiting until 0.93 with GTK3. su_v gave me a lot of info in #inkscape-devel about the different options for this, but for now I've got it filed it away to digest and play around with once 0.92.x is out of the way. :-)
Cheers, Tim