diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 15adbc61..e42d551a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -262,21 +262,17 @@ prompt latency when using Powerlevel10k, please ### Is Powerlevel10k fast to load? -The amount of time it takes for Powerlevel10k to render the first prompt is higher than for the -subsequent prompts but it's still fairly fast. +Yes, provided that you are using ZSH >= 5.4. -Time to first prompt can be measured with the following benchmark: +Loading time, or time to first prompt, can be measured with the following benchmark: ```zsh -time (repeat 100 zsh -dfis <<< 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme') +time (repeat 1000 zsh -dfis <<< 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme') ``` -On the same machine as in the [prompt benchmark](#is-it-really-fast) this results in 36.9 ms per -invocation when executed in a small git repository (I used the `powerlevel10k` repo itself). For -comparison, the same benchmark gives 171 ms for powerlevel9k/master and 505 ms for -powerlevel9k/next. - -*Note: Powerlevel10k is significantly faster to load with zsh version 5.4 and above.* +Running this command with `~/powerlevel10k` as the current directory on the same machine as in the +[prompt benchmark](#is-it-really-fast) takes 29 seconds (29 ms per invocation). This is about 6 +times faster than powerlevel9k/master and 17 times faster than powerlevel9k/next. ### Does Powerlevel10k always render exactly the same prompt as Powerlevel9k given the same config?