Re: [Gimp-gui] Prioritize loading speed, dismiss fonts loading.

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Fulvio Massimo Mariani wrote:

> I suggest to dismiss completely the fonts load/preload during gimps launch.
> In 90% of case gimp is used for photo editing, crop, quick edits, not for
> adding texts to the images, via the text tool.

Where do these numbers come from?

> In 90% of cases gimp is
> opened and closed without hitting once the text tool.

Where do these numbers come from?

> Postpone font loading in a second moment (delayed background loading), or
> use a selective loading process, once the text tool is selected.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=788810

Alex