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[Stephen LARROQUE <lrq3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah then there are also cpu profilers. Have a look at my project:

https://github.com/lrq3000/python-easy-profile

If you run this against Zim from source, it should profile both cpu and
memory (depending on the switches you use).

Le Dim. 31 Déc. 2017 17:43, Nathaniel Beaver <nathanielmbeaver@xxxxxxxxx> a
écrit :

> 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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