Font list is extremely slow
Summary:
The font listing is incredibly slow. I open it and the system becomes unresponsive while loading fonts. Scrolling, even after it has been loaded is also sluggish.
The font list is effectively unusable. If there is an option to disable the inline/automatic preview, this would help. Since now, even if I know the font I want, it's difficult to select it.
I do not believe this happened in 1.1 -- as I recall using the font list without an issue, with the same number of fonts.
This is related to inbox#3742 but the slowdown persists permanently while using the font menu (it never speeds up).
Steps to reproduce:
- open Inkscape
- Click on text and write something
- Click on the font dropdown
- Scroll down list
What happened?
- System becomes unresponsive for 5-10 seconds
- Scrolling lags, and system is unresponsive for 1-2s at a time
What should have happened?
- Font list should be displayed
Version info
Inkscape 1.3-beta (cedbd6c, 2023-05-28)
Linux gnome-MS-7A94 5.15.0-76-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 15 19:16:32 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 22.04
This is also happening on 1.2. I tried updating to 1.3 to see if it goes away.