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Hi all (or mainly the users of Unix-like systems)

after i've bought a new notebook and installed the recent
Redhat Linux system i found that an updated ConTeXt runs
very slow. First i thought that Hans had too much time
and implemented a few thousand new features that need
their time, but ...

... it is a queerer story. Here are the run times of
an example document (many inline MP graphics, 18 pages,
many terminal messages !!) on different terminal programs
for X-Windows:

gnome-terminal:         2 min 18 sec
konsole (KDE-terminal): 1 min 30 sec
xterm:                  1 min  5 sec
directly on the console
        (no X-Windows):       58 sec

Normally i use the first. Hmm... ;-(

Don't ask me for reasons, but if your ConTeXt is too
slow, ask yourself if you run it on the right terminal -)

Jens