I came back because I noticed a problem
I use Inline options for text that is displayed by scrolling (update = 100 in the Rainmeter section)
If I add InlineSetting for InlinePattern = ^. * \, \ S + (. *). * \,. * Feels Like:. *
(which displays[MeasureTemp]), the CPU usage rises greatly (from 1-2% to 11-14% for Rainmeter).
That's just for a single setting.
If I add more settings for the same InlinePattern (there are 4 settings: size, weight, color, shadow) Cpu usage reaches 45%, for Rainmeter only
Without settings for[ MeasureTemp], Rainmeter uses 1-2%
Why only MeasureTemp has this effect?
jsmorley wrote:I know Shadow is very expensive in Rainmeter 4.2 Can you try the 4.3 beta, at least temporarily, and see if that has any effect?
Same effect with 4.3 beta:
With one setting (size) for [MeasureTemp] - 12-15%.
With all four settings (size, color, weight, shadow) -40-45%.
Without settings for [MeasureTemp] - 1.5-2%
We have noticed that only with Measuretemp has a high CPU usage.
We used the four settings to two other measures (MeasureConditions, MeasureName)
and processor is 1.5-3% (with 4.3 beta)
I try with 4.2 and come back
xenium wrote:We have noticed that only with Measuretemp has a high CPU usage.
We used the four settings to two other measures (MeasureConditions, MeasureName)
and processor is 1.5-3% (with 4.3 beta)
I try with 4.2 and come back
I don't know, do be aware that a poorly defined regular expression can get into "backtracking" loops and cause a lot of CPU to be used.
I don't know, this is just doing an enormous amount of work every 100 milliseconds. I also get 12-14% CPU usage while it is running, with every inline option I remove making it a bit better and better. I'd be tempted to try making each of the measures in that meter a separate meter, just relative to each other, and see if breaking it up that way helps any, but I'm skeptical that it will. This is just a lot to ask every 100 milliseconds. It's no secret that Rainmeter is not designed for, nor is particularly good at, constant "animations" like that. I personally wouldn't use a skin that uses even 1% of my total CPU in and of itself.
