startup time

[Giorgos Michalogiorgakis]

Hello list,

I apologize for the probably misleading subject. I have a small problem
with the amount of time referencer needs to start. In an older machine it
takes about 8-10 secs to start for a ~1500 papers library. Most of the
time seems to be related to thumbnails. Starting from the command line
there are many messages like

Couldn't find
thumbnail:'file:///home/giorgos/bibliography/arxiv/pdf/2005/01/0501109.pdf'
or

Has valid failed
thumbnail: 'file:///home/giorgos/bibliography/arxiv/pdf/2004/10/0410076.pdf'

As I only use the list view and never the icon view, is there a way to not
check for thumbnails at startup?

By the way, I really like this project, keep up the good work!

Thanks,
Giorgos

[Zhi-Wei Huang]

Hi,

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Giorgos Michalogiorgakis

Post by Giorgos Michalogiorgakis
Hello list,
I apologize for the probably misleading subject. I have a small problem
with the amount of time referencer needs to start. In an older machine it
takes about 8-10 secs to start for a ~1500 papers library. Most of the
time seems to be related to thumbnails. Starting from the command line
there are many messages like
Couldn't find
thumbnail:'file:///home/giorgos/bibliography/arxiv/pdf/2005/01/0501109.pdf'
or
Has valid failed
thumbnail: 'file:///home/giorgos/bibliography/arxiv/pdf/2004/10/0410076.pdf'
As I only use the list view and never the icon view, is there a way to not
check for thumbnails at startup?

you can modify src/ThumbnailGenerator.C to disable the "lookupThumb"
function. The following is the patch code:

diff -r e477f85683a5 src/ThumbnailGenerator.C
--- a/src/ThumbnailGenerator.C Sun Mar 08 17:50:56 2009 +0000
+++ b/src/ThumbnailGenerator.C Sat Apr 04 12:13:06 2009 +0800
@@ -45,28 +45,28 @@
continue;
}

- Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> result;
- gdk_threads_enter ();
- result = lookupThumb (file);
- gdk_threads_leave ();
-
- if (result) {
- gdk_threads_enter ();
- taskLock_.lock ();
-
- typedef std::multimap<Glib::ustring, Document*>::iterator Iterator;
- const std::pair<Iterator,Iterator> docs = taskList_.equal_range(file);
- for (Iterator i = docs.first; i!= docs.second; ++i) {
- Document *doc = i->second;
- doc->setThumbnail (result);
- }
-
- taskList_.erase (file);
-
- taskLock_.unlock ();
- gdk_threads_leave ();
- sleep (0.1);
- }
+//Z Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> result;
+//Z gdk_threads_enter ();
+//Z result = lookupThumb (file);
+//Z gdk_threads_leave ();
+//Z
+//Z if (result) {
+//Z gdk_threads_enter ();
+//Z taskLock_.lock ();
+//Z
+//Z typedef std::multimap<Glib::ustring, Document*>::iterator Iterator;
+//Z const std::pair<Iterator,Iterator> docs = taskList_.equal_range(file);
+//Z for (Iterator i = docs.first; i!= docs.second; ++i) {
+//Z Document *doc = i->second;
+//Z doc->setThumbnail (result);
+//Z }
+//Z
+//Z taskList_.erase (file);
+//Z
+//Z taskLock_.unlock ();
+//Z gdk_threads_leave ();
+//Z sleep (0.1);
+//Z }
}
}

Post by Giorgos Michalogiorgakis
By the way, I really like this project, keep up the good work!
Thanks,
Giorgos
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