Comments on: Anjuta startup time http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/ Blog of Johannes Schmid Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Pete Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:31:30 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-526 Look at the way Gnome caches it's plugins, and only imports them lazily. The technique is to always load a plugin the first time it is seen. You then record a catalog of what features the plugin supports. When starting the next time there is no need to load the plugin at startup, if the timestamp has not changed. I'm not sure if there is benefit to lazily loading the Anjuta plugins. Surely not all of them are running code all the time? Look at the way Gnome caches it’s plugins, and only imports them lazily.

The technique is to always load a plugin the first time it is seen. You then record a catalog of what features the plugin supports. When starting the next time there is no need to load the plugin at startup, if the timestamp has not changed.

I’m not sure if there is benefit to lazily loading the Anjuta plugins. Surely not all of them are running code all the time?

]]> By: rawsausage http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-525 rawsausage Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:39:57 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-525 I am working daily with an IDE that takes some 25 minutes to start completely on a super-high-end workstation, before you can start working with it. It's made by one of the largest IT companies in the world, and is not very obscure IDE. I am working daily with an IDE that takes some 25 minutes to start completely on a super-high-end workstation, before you can start working with it. It’s made by one of the largest IT companies in the world, and is not very obscure IDE.

]]> By: infinito http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-524 infinito Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:13:50 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-524 Are you using a "bad formed" icon theme? Some users had that problem with some themes... Take a look a t this little thread: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-app-devel-list/2008-October/msg00000.html Are you using a “bad formed” icon theme? Some users had that problem with some themes… Take a look a t this little thread: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-app-devel-list/2008-October/msg00000.html

]]> By: Federico Mena http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Federico Mena Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:36:19 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-523 Is your icon cache up to date? If a single icon file is newer than the cache file, then the cache won't be used. Most distros update the icon cache correctly when you install packages that install new icons... maybe you installed a package by hand or something like that? Once Anjuta loads, can you run pmap on it to see if it has the icon cache files mmap()ed? Is your icon cache up to date? If a single icon file is newer than the cache file, then the cache won’t be used.

Most distros update the icon cache correctly when you install packages that install new icons… maybe you installed a package by hand or something like that?

Once Anjuta loads, can you run pmap on it to see if it has the icon cache files mmap()ed?

]]> By: Anders http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Anders Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:39:16 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-522 Thanks for looking into this, but startup-time doesn't matter much for Anjuta. It's not a hit'n'run application, you start it once and then work for hours and hours without restart. It's always the leftmost application in my taskbar - simply because it has been running for weeks :) Thanks for looking into this, but startup-time doesn’t matter much for Anjuta. It’s not a hit’n'run application, you start it once and then work for hours and hours without restart.

It’s always the leftmost application in my taskbar – simply because it has been running for weeks :)

]]> By: Alexander Larsson http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Alexander Larsson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:14 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-521 Its likely that your icon cache file is not up to date, so all the icons were read from disk, which is slow. Try running gtk-update-icon-cache on all your icon dirs. Its likely that your icon cache file is not up to date, so all the icons were read from disk, which is slow.

Try running gtk-update-icon-cache on all your icon dirs.

]]> By: Rob http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/2008/10/09/anjuta-startup-time/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Rob Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:48:31 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/johannes/?p=104#comment-520 For abiword we introduced the option to link plugins statically, this led to a considerable improvement. For abiword we introduced the option to link plugins statically, this led to a considerable improvement.

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