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Hi Paul,<br>I definitely would prefer a combination of e and f. (so a 4th option to tweak the size)<br>Thanks,<br>Inge<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: paul@ilanga.com<br>Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:11:44 -0700<br>To: apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net<br>Subject: Re: [APBeta] plan wizard database & startup<br><br>
<br><div><div>On Jul 17, 2010, at 3:07 PM, I.R. van de Stadt wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Monaco; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><div class="ecxhmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">At startup there is still this timeconsuming plan wizard thread. Even if nothing has changed in preferences/catalogues it seems to go to identical processes every time. Although I really appreciate the plan wizard feature, I rarely use it. Isn't it possible to have a possibility to skip the wizard threat except if you want to use it? I know I can uninstall many catalogues, but that would be a bit of a reocurring hassle to me.<br></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div>Yes, I could do that. Several options are possible.</div><div><br></div><div>a. Switch it off completely.</div><div>b. Speed up the process. Currently, on Windows, it has been slowed down in an attempt to make the app usable during the construction process. I could get to run a lot faster at the expense of not being able to do anything else.</div><div>c. Only let it work when the app has been idling for say, 5 minutes. Unfortunately, I currently don't have a method of detecting "idleness" reliably.</div><div>d. I could pass off the job to a background app, which would be far less intrusive. Problem is getting around Windows' weapons-grade security in all cases to do this.</div><div>e. Add a preference with three settings: 1. Off - see (a), 2. - Slow (as it is now), 3. - Fast see (b).</div><div>f. Currently the catalogues are processed by increasing size, which means a lot of them are processed fast up front, and the largest catalogues are not considered. I could add a preference that allows that size to be tweaked up or down.</div><div><br></div><div>(e) and (f) would be the easiest to implement.</div><div><br></div><div>Just wish threading worked better on Windows. Mac does not seem to have the same problem.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll look into it.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul R.</div><br> <br /><hr />Rulive: <a href='http://www.rulive.nl/aspx/home.aspx' target='_new'>De nieuwste tips en tricks voor de echte messenger fan.</a></body>
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