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Running the IDE under strace (export _NB_PROFILE_CMD='strace -f' ) shows some calls to read one character. I need to investigate when it is happening.
Created attachment 14532 [details] part of output
o.n.m.core.windows.peristence.TCRefParser.PropertyHandler.readData calls FileObject.getInputStream and obtains org.openide.filesystems.StreamPool$NotifyInputStream that is FilterInputStream over a java.io.FileInputStream for local files. Raising to P2 as there can be more places suffering from this inefficiency
Created attachment 14552 [details] another output from AU settings reading
http://core.netbeans.org/source/browse/core/settings/src/org/netbeans/modules/settings/convertors/XMLSettingsSupport.java.diff?r1=1.21&r2=1.22
Verified.