[scribus] Scribus 1.3.5 very very slow

[Craig Bradney]

> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: [scribus] Scribus 1.3.5 very very slow
> From: Roger <hovergo at net-tech.com.au>
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Date: 18-08-2008 13:16
> 
> 
> I feel there's something terribly wrong with 1.3.5 or with  the way I'm
doing 
> things???
> 
> I have a very fast new mb core2 dup cpu 2 gig ram nvidia 8600GT fast 3d
video 
> card renders 2d and 3d blisteringly fast.
> 
> 
> Scribus file is:
> 
> 3500 word plain text file unformatted that needs to be put in linked text
boxes 
> on about 20 pages.
>   I have so far:
> 15 x A4 pages with one text box per page linked to the following text box
> Plain text Verdana 8 point plain
> 2 columns on each page right and left justified.
> 
> It takes 120 seconds (2 minutes) to select the next page to place a text
box on 
> that page.
> 90 seconds (minute and a half) to select the previous text box
> then click on the link-text-boxes = 15 seconds to finish
> then 90 (minute and a half) seconds to select the new empty text box and
flow 
> the text as plain text no columns.
> 
> To make the text box 2 column it takes 90 seconds to select the text box,
15 
> seconds to change  1 columns to 2
> 15 seconds to change the gap to 3
> 90 seconds to deslect the text box
> 
> To format 10 pages as above has taken way over minutes in total
> Memory usage 20 percent, CPU usage occasionally 85 percent and swaps
between the 
> 2 processors, one down one up at a time not 2 together.
> My computer is not working hard so what is slowing Scribus to a crawl?
> 
> I have noticed that Scribus slowed about 15 percent using Qt4 but have no 
> further information on why or what to look for.


It would be much faster to create the page items by using the Insert Item
menu option where you can do that and the linking etc automatically, then
import the text.

As for the speed.. its something we will work on once we have the canvas
sorted.

Craig