Testing needed for Layout fixes

[Nikolaj Hald Nielsen]

> FWIW, I've just tested it on Myriam's box again (your patch), and it
> basically works nicely, except for this weird lag (~2s). Could it be
> the timers causing a delay?

The timers are all set to 500 msec or less, so I dont know how it
would cause 1-2 secs of delay. More likely it is the loading of the
layout file that takes time, which is why I thought of the other
optimization.

- Nikolaj