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t muraoka <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:08:56 +0200
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Dear Erik,

So I see that I'm not the only victim, though that's no great comfort.
So getting NWP looks like a solution. I only fear that this doesn't get me
into fresh problems, since I'm daily working on funny fonts, right to left
such as Hebrew.
Thanks for food for thought,

Cheers,
Takamitsu


On 15/04/2013 20:42, "Erik Richard Sørensen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello...
> 
> I can confirm Takamitsu's problem. I have the same now I've updated to
> NWP 1.4.2 on my G5 (OS X 10.5.8). It takes 'hours' to open even just a
> 2-page document. The beachball is spinning and spinning... It nearly
> doesn't matter if the doucment is 2 pages or 100 pages.
> 
> When I switch to OS X 10.4.11 on the same G5 with NWP 1.4.1 there are
> no problems opening even huge files containing heavy formatting such
> like +50 page tables etc..
> 
> Opening a new file is very fast both with NWP 1.4.1 aqnd 1.4.2 in both
> OS X 10.4.11 as well as 10.5.8.
> 
> Cheers, Erik Richard
> 
> B=C Andrus skrev den 15.04.2013 20:09:
>> Takamitsu,
>> 
>> That sounds like the dread rainbow-colored spinning pizza or
>> beach-ball,
>> which is the indicator that the computer is doing something that takes
>> more than a moment. But of course the real question is what causing
>> it?
>> 
>> Does it happen on every file you try to work on? Only on large or
>> complex files? Does it happen for merely opening the file, or when you
>> begin to edit, or when it perhaps automatically saves the file in the
>> background? With a new file you create and start to type with?
>> 
>> What is your history with Nisus? Have you been able to work with it
>> fine
>> in the past, and have existing files, or are you trying to start using
>> it
>> now?
>> 
>> Do you have a slow computer? (model and specs would help in that
>> arena).
>> 
>> 
>> It would be expected that only certain tasks would cause this to
>> happen,
>> and the tasks that trigger it would be a clue to the cause and
>> possible
>> solutions.
>> 
>> Not much help, but maybe questions to smoke out the problem?
>> 
>> Ben, in Montana
>> __________________________________________________
>> 
>> On 2013 Apr 15 Mon, at 11:18 am, t muraoka wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everybody,
>>> 
>>> I wonder if any of you could help me.
>>> 
>>> When I start working on a NW file, a multi-coloured sunflower-like
>>> thing appears and starts revolving, which seems to last for ages. So
>>> long as it's turning round, I can't work on the file. Does anyone
>>> know
>>> what this is and how can I stop this or get rid of this sunflower?
>>> It's a real nuisance.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Takamitsu

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