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[Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem
<svenn.bjerkem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A short update on zim 0.59 on win7 and CPU load.
>
> I just happened to fire up the external editor in the 'insert symbol' plugin
> I noted that the fan started running almost immediately.
> Inspecting the CPU load showed that zim.exe was using 13% of the CPU
> When I closed the external editor and the dialogs, the CPU load was still
> 13% until i finally closed zim.
> I then tried to use the external editor on a regular page.
> The load increased again.
> When closing the external editor the load decreased and the fan went back to
> silent.
> I then did the insert symbol, edit, thing again and load increased.
> The load did not decrease when closing the external editor.
>
> I have been using zim every day since my previous report without noting that
> the fan speed increased.
> I did not use the external editor during this period until I clicked the
> wrong button in insert symbol dialog today.
>
> Anybody cares to try to reproduce?


Quick check on my system does not show this - no CPU load whatsoever
from the zim process.

Also checked code for edit source, but nothing there that might loop.
So not sure how to investigate.

Regards,

Jaap