05-21-2018, 05:28 PM
(02-28-2018, 03:15 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: A possible workaround:
- Navigate to C:\users\{your id}\AppData\local\fontconfig\cache
- There should be four files:
- CACHEDIR.TAG
- someverylongname (usually 1MB or more)
- someverylongname.NEW (usually 1MB or more, slightly bigger that the one above if you added fonts)
- someotherverylongname (small: 1K)
- rename someverylongname to someverylongname.OLD
- rename someverylongname.NEW to someverylongname
- restart Gimp which should no longer rebuild the font cache
If this works for you please confirm below.
This worked for me as well. Using Gimp 2.8x, it was taking several minutes to start. Since it was taking to long to open I was becoming very discouraged with using Gimp. I was beginning to look for some other program that I would use for quick little edits. After making your suggested changes the first startup went to about 15 seconds and the following startups went to about 4 seconds. I am greatly encouraged and am looking forward to using it more! Ofnuts, thank you so much for showing how to improve my experience of Gimp.
After first reading this message I saw that Gimp 2.10.2 was available. So, I downloaded and installed the new version. When it first opened it took about 20 seconds to open. The following startups took about 5 or 6 seconds. After installing Gimp 2.10.2 I did not make any of your suggested changes, but it still opened up quickly. Out of curiosity, I looked in the cache folder where I changed the names of the someverylongname files and they had remained unchanged after the installation of Gimp 2.10.2.
Anyway, it looks the developers have changed the appearance of the new version of Gimp a lot.
Best Wishes
Stephen