← Back to team overview

zim-wiki team mailing list archive

Re: Zim version 0.74.0 released !

 

No, will compile windows installer with first point release with fixes.

Op za 18 sep. 2021 22:45 schreef Marco Cevoli <marco.cevoli@xxxxxxxxx>:

> I can't see the Win version on the download page. I suppose the
> persons in charge haven't compiled it yet, have they?
>
> Marco Cevoli
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 8:29 PM JP Vossen <jp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 9/14/21 3:33 PM, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> > > Today I released zim version 0.74.0. ...
> > This is awesome!  Zim is great, I spend most of my day in ROXTerm and
> Zim, with some Firefox thrown in, and I got the update from the PPA today.
> >
> > * I don't like the bottom edit bar either, but I know that will become
> optional in 0.74.1 (#1594), and it's not a show stopper anyway.
> > * It otherwise looks subtly...nicer, not sure why.  Definitely noticed
> the new checkbox icons.
> > * It's MUCH faster to navigate in-page using headers; before there was a
> lag of up to a second or two [because 1] which was really annoying, now
> it's instant.  This is a BIG DEAL for me, I use this constantly!
> > * It's still quite slow to switch pages, but that's because [1] and
> spell checking; if I turn spell check off (tedious) page switches are
> almost instant (see #1497).
> > * Searching is the same, very laggy, up to a few seconds.  But [1]...
> >
> >
> > [1] At work I'm forced to use Windows (with only 2 slow CPUs, but 16G
> RAM) so Zim lives in a 8G RAM Mint-20.2 VM under VirtualBox.  For some
> reason, especially since the move to Python3, Zim is significantly sluggish
> there.  On my other PCs, even old ones, Zim is fine; basically no
> discernible lag.  So most/all of this problem is on my side even if it's
> not under my control.  BUT, as I noted most of the lag seems to be caused
> by the spell checking, if I turn that off Zim is almost instant [hence
> #1497].  Note, I do tend to have pages in the 2,000-4,000 line range.  And
> lack of spell checking is a show stopper for me.  :-)
> >
> > Thanks for an awesome tool!
> > JP
> > --  -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > JP Vossen, CISSP | http://www.jpsdomain.org/ | http://bashcookbook.com/
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
> > Post to     : zim-wiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
> > More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
> Post to     : zim-wiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>

References