Re: test have delay on first time on gd based terminals on native windows

[sfeam <sf...@us...>]

On Thursday, 17 August 2017 18:27:21 Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> Hello
> 
> This is not a bug but and an annoying matter.
> 
> On gnuplot 5 (5.0, 5.2, 5.3) on gd based terminals, test has delay for first try
> 
> set term png
> set out 'test.png'
> test # delay more than 30 seconds for me
> 
> 
> second execution test does not take time
> 
> On gnuplot 4.6.7, delay does not happen.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Tatsuro

My first guess is the delay comes from the system font cache
as we have also seen for the wxt terminal.

Try 
	set term png font medium

That will force it to use an internal font rather than using obtaining
one from the system.  If there is no delay, then it supports
the idea that the system font cache is the problem.
Of course that doesn't fix the problem, it only points to the cause.

	Ethan