FPP is really slow if your zsh config takes a while to load

[spatten]

When I run fpp there's a 3 second pause between me selecting what file I want to open and the file actually opening in my editor. My editor is an already running emacs daemon, so it should be super fast to open a file.

I'm also running zsh as my shell.

It took me a while to figure out, but the root cause is that fpp is starting up a new instance of zsh with the -i flag, and that my .zshconfig is really big and takes a while to load.

If I edit the fpp script and comment out these lines, then the pause goes away (and everything still works just fine):

if [ -z "$VIMRUNTIME" -a "$NONINTERACTIVE" = false ]; then
  IFLAG="-i"
fi

So this is mostly my fault -- I have too much config in my .zshrc and it takes a long time to load -- but everything works for me without the -i flag being passed to zsh. I'm assuming that there are use cases where the -i flag is necessary, but this might be causing tons of people to think that fpp is slow to open.

Would it be possible to set an env variable or something so that the -i flag is never passed to zsh, or to not use the -i flag by default?

[pcottle]

Yeah I’m fine with an environment variable to turn that part off. We have a ton of these env variables but whats one more 😝 I do remember it being necessary to start up a new instance of the shell to accomplish certain workflows… From: Scott Patten <[email protected]> Reply-To: facebook/PathPicker <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 12:21 PM To: facebook/PathPicker <[email protected]> Cc: Subscribed <[email protected]> Subject: [facebook/PathPicker] FPP is really slow if your zsh config takes a while to load (#301) When I run fpp there's a 3 second pause between me selecting what file I want to open and the file actually opening in my editor. My editor is an already running emacs daemon, so it should be super fast to open a file. I'm also running zsh as my shell. It took me a while to figure out, but the root cause is that fpp is starting up a new instance of zsh with the -i flag, and that my .zshconfig is really big and takes a while to load. If I edit the fpp script and comment out these lines, then the pause goes away (and everything still works just fine): if [ -z "$VIMRUNTIME" -a "$NONINTERACTIVE" = false ]; then IFLAG="-i" fi So this is mostly my fault -- I have too much config in my .zshrc and it takes a long time to load -- but everything works for me without the -i flag being passed to zsh. I'm assuming that there are use cases where the -i flag is necessary, but this might be causing tons of people to think that fpp is slow to open. Would it be possible to set an env variable or something so that the -i flag is never passed to zsh, or to not use the -i flag by default? — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#301>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAIVDHZQK34MEX6GKTVTLZTPU4MCRANCNFSM4HMI2KMQ>.