FQ loadtime on macosx problem

[Erik Colson]

Hi,

Looking around in the Gnucash sources I think the hanging happens in
this part of gnucash-bin.c


    /* Install Price Quote Sources */
    gnc_update_splash_screen(_("Checking Finance::Quote..."), GNC_SPLASH_PERCENTAGE_UNKNOWN);
    scm_c_use_module("gnucash price-quotes");
    scm_c_eval_string("(gnc:price-quotes-install-sources)");

    gnc_hook_run(HOOK_STARTUP, NULL);

    if (!nofile && (fn = get_file_to_load()))
    {
        gnc_update_splash_screen(_("Loading data..."), GNC_SPLASH_PERCENTAGE_UNKNOWN);
        gnc_file_open_file(fn, /*open_readonly*/ FALSE);
        g_free(fn);
    }
    else if (gnc_prefs_get_bool(GNC_PREFS_GROUP_NEW_USER, GNC_PREF_FIRST_STARTUP))
    {
        gnc_destroy_splash_screen();
        gnc_ui_new_user_dialog();
    }

    gnc_destroy_splash_screen();


Following the code, you'll see that gnc_update_splash_screen first makes
"Checking Finance::Quote..." appear. Then it does the job of loading FQ,
but some other stuff happen before actually either destroying the splash
screen or updating it.
So, although the hanging is probably due to a prob with FQ, there's a
chance it actually happens during

    gnc_hook_run(HOOK_STARTUP, NULL);

of which I can't say what it does. John, do you know ?

Otherwise we'll have to check what happens in either
    scm_c_use_module("gnucash price-quotes");
    scm_c_eval_string("(gnc:price-quotes-install-sources)");
or
    if (!nofile && (fn = get_file_to_load()))

I'll stop here for the moment. I'll come back to this next week
probably.

best
-- 
erik colson