Re: Slow ZSH

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you're on osx you'll also want to mv /etc/zshenv /etc/zprofile

On 3 April 2012 20:28, Kyle Partridge <partkyle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is on OS X Lion, so the version bundled is 4.3.15. I'm on OS X, so I
> had to install a newer version using brew (4.3.17).
>
> That seems to be helping for now. I will try this out for a while to see if
> it helps.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Kyle
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 3 April 2012 18:56, Kyle Partridge <partkyle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I have a slow loading zsh, where it sometimes takes longer than 10
>> > seconds
>> > to get to a prompt.
>> >
>> > I think the problem is compinit - I've run "zsh -v" multiple times to
>> > try
>> > and find a slow down, and that seems to be the part that it hangs on.
>> >
>> > Is there any way to make this run faster? Is there a better way to debug
>> > this problem?
>>
>> Are you using 4.3.11-4.3.15? They have a feature enabled that causes
>> the path hash to be populated a bit slower. <.10 didn't have the
>> feature and .16+ lets you disable it and has it disabled by default.
>>
>> --
>> Mikael Magnusson
>
>



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Mikael Magnusson