On 01/10/2009, at 10:01 AM, John Harrold wrote:
I've got the latest pre release running on my computer. I've moved the configuration files (~/.inkscape and ~/.inkscape-etc) to prevent any odd config settings from causing any problems. When I started it, Inkscape said it might take a while for it to cache the fonts and what not. So I let it go and eventually a window popped open --- it took about an hour. Then I tried to use it and the interface was unresponsive. For example I resized the window, and it took about four minutes for the widgets and tools to be redrawn. I don't have any problem with the previous prereleases or version 0.46.
Hi John,
My apologies about this. This was caused by a regression in a new version of Pango, a library we use for determinining font metrics, among other things. This had a bug that caused a *massive* slowdown on Mac. You managed to download the pre3-1 package in the 45 minute window it was up on SourceForge before I noticed the problem, and corrected it with pre3-2. I'm glad you found the updated version, and sorry about wasting your time with the non-functional build.
Cheers, Michael