Opening EPUBs in Sigil takes ages [Windows]

Wasserpulle · 12-06-2013, 08:51 AM

After some investigation I found that SIGIL checks every assigned drive letter for accessibility before showing the opening dialog. But it takes ages if one or more of such drive letters are disconnected and not accessible.

So the only workarounds I found so far are

connecting all network connections
remove all drive letters connected to a temporarily disconnected network

Any chance to change the source code to just open and not checking everything?

Kind regards,
Wasser Pulle

Toxaris · 12-06-2013, 09:03 AM

I cannot confirm this. I frequently have disconnected networks, but do not experience this.

DiapDealer · 12-06-2013, 09:09 AM

I'm sure Sigil just uses Qt's QFileDialog (which in turn is going to use the native file-open dialog of your particular OS).

Having said that: there may be some flags that could be passed to the Qt function to eliminate your particular issue. But I've never seen any flag that would be relevant.

I'd almost bet it's a Qt bug.

mrmikel · 12-06-2013, 03:36 PM

I have 5 disconnected drives, 4 empty card slots, 1 network drive and none are called up on Windows 7 Home Premium.

I wonder if this is an issue where deleting sigil.ini would help.

Does this occur when the computer is first turned on and nothing else is open, or does it happen after other programs that might use Qt are open?

Wasserpulle · 12-13-2013, 01:05 PM

Thanks for the hints!

Indeed it might be an issue of the sigil.ini in the user directory.

Disconnected the networks (8 of them are sometimes connected at the same time)
Renamed the old sigil.ini and restarted Sigil

Voilà! It opens as I expected.
Compared the old and new sigil.ini and it seemed to be related to some entries in block [mainwindow]:

recentfiles
clipboardringhistory

But: after that I took the old sigil.ini again and it opens as quick as the new one, so

Weird.
I'll further investigate this and keep you updated.

*2014-01-02: UPDATE*
It just works. Never saw that behavior again, meanwhile there were way too much system changes, so I don't know the real reason of the issue I had before.
Anyway: Sigil rulez!

12-06-2013, 08:51 AM	#1
Wasserpulle Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Europe Device: Mediapad M3	Opening EPUBs in Sigil takes ages [Windows] After some investigation I found that SIGIL checks every assigned drive letter for accessibility before showing the opening dialog. But it takes ages if one or more of such drive letters are disconnected and not accessible. So the only workarounds I found so far are connecting all network connections remove all drive letters connected to a temporarily disconnected network Any chance to change the source code to just open and not checking everything? Kind regards, Wasser Pulle

12-13-2013, 01:05 PM	#5
Wasserpulle Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Europe Device: Mediapad M3	Opening EPUBs in Sigil takes ages [Windows] - seems to be solved Thanks for the hints! Indeed it might be an issue of the sigil.ini in the user directory. Disconnected the networks (8 of them are sometimes connected at the same time) Renamed the old sigil.ini and restarted Sigil Voilà! It opens as I expected. Compared the old and new sigil.ini and it seemed to be related to some entries in block [mainwindow]: recentfiles clipboardringhistory But: after that I took the old sigil.ini again and it opens as quick as the new one, so Weird. I'll further investigate this and keep you updated. 2014-01-02: UPDATE It just works. Never saw that behavior again, meanwhile there were way too much system changes, so I don't know the real reason of the issue I had before. Anyway: Sigil rulez! Last edited by Wasserpulle; 01-02-2014 at 03:28 PM.

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12-06-2013, 09:03 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I cannot confirm this. I frequently have disconnected networks, but do not experience this.

12-06-2013, 09:09 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,358 Karma: 203720150 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm sure Sigil just uses Qt's QFileDialog (which in turn is going to use the native file-open dialog of your particular OS). Having said that: there may be some flags that could be passed to the Qt function to eliminate your particular issue. But I've never seen any flag that would be relevant. I'd almost bet it's a Qt bug.

12-06-2013, 03:36 PM	#4
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	I have 5 disconnected drives, 4 empty card slots, 1 network drive and none are called up on Windows 7 Home Premium. I wonder if this is an issue where deleting sigil.ini would help. Does this occur when the computer is first turned on and nothing else is open, or does it happen after other programs that might use Qt are open?

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