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[Nathaniel Beaver <nathanielmbeaver@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/30/2017 03:40 PM, Stephen LARROQUE wrote:
> This is most likely a memory sink issue if it becomes more sluggish over 
> time. Valgrind can be used to profile memory and garbage collection, or 
> since zim is a python program you can also use the memory_profiler module.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's the CPU that spikes when I change 
pages, not the memory.

> But note that i never experienced such an issue (but i leave zim open 
> max for 1d,then i don't fear closing since it memorizes cursor position 
> and documents history). Maybe it's the fault of a plugin?

I suppose it's possible that the tray icon plugin is responsible, but I 
don't think it's likely.

> Le Sam. 30 Déc. 2017 05:53, Nathaniel Beaver <nathanielmbeaver@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:nathanielmbeaver@xxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
>
>     When I first launch Zim, it is quite snappy. However, after it's been
>     running a while, opening even the smallest pages becomes sluggish.
>
>     What would be a good method of profiling Zim's performance to help
>     understand this behavior?
>
>     I've tried using `strace', but it just shows Zim is polling a lot, and
>     I'm not sure how to interpret the results.
>
>     I am using Zim 0.65-4 on Debian Stretch and have also verified the same
>     slowdown on the latest Github version (0.67, SHA1 is
>     7a373a788194c36723bd0eed600291e513de9396).
>
>     I have not enabled any plugins besides the tray icon.
>
>
>     Nathaniel Beaver
>
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