Hi, On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 11:50:42AM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > With /home on network file system (NFS or similar) libreoffice is lagging > miserably on basic operations like when libreoffice just started or new > writer > document is opened etc., as well as on innocent moves between tabs under > [Tools -> Options -> Libreoffice] even when nothing is changed. > > Strace-ing revealed the problem which is aggressive re-write of > "registrymodifications.xcu" in "~/.config/libreoffice/4/user": > on almost every action in libreoffice a new temporary file is created (in > user > profile folder) and renamed to "registrymodifications.xcu". The latter is > about 1 MiB and about that much data is written very very often. But the > worst That file basically contains many of your personal data: That's what I have here in my file. - personal data (as entered in the options) - also contains the last opened files (and thumbnails of them.) So of course it's updated on a document open. - it also contains the (scanned on start) list of available system-wide dictionaries - state of the windows/toolbars
> thing about it is that configuration is not written in background -- instead > it is a blocking operation causing very uncomfortable lag in user interface. But that indeed is bad. > Also it seems that often configuration file is unnecessary (re-)written when > nothing has changed. Except maybe some window states... > [...] But the worst > thing about it is that configuration is not written in background -- instead > it is a blocking operation causing very uncomfortable lag in user interface. > > Also it seems that often configuration file is unnecessary (re-)written when > nothing has changed. > > What can be done to minimise rewrites of "registrymodifications.xcu" or > reduce > frequency of configuration save? Will ask upstream. Regards, Rene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-openoffice-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150102135601.gi13...@rene-engelhard.de
