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Re: [photran] Editor slow or hangs

Jeff,

I'm not sure this explains why the editor is hanging though. In CDT, I can continue to work on the project while it is re-indexing; this happens in the background. Photran should really do the same thing.

Greg

On May 13, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Jeffrey Overbey wrote:

>> Seems like the photran editor either hangs or is extremely slow when the
>> analysis and refactoring are turned on. Is there any solution to this? I
>> ...
>> My project is fairly complex with about 10 modules, each with a dozen
> 
> That is almost certainly what is causing the slowness. You have
> discovered why analysis/refactoring is turned off by default on new
> projects.  :-)
> 
> There are two factors.
> 
> One is the total size of your project and the dependencies in it. If
> you have a module in one file but nine other files depend on it, then
> when you update that file, the Photran indexer will re-index all ten
> files (check out the Progress view).
> 
> Another factor is the size of the file in the editor. When
> analysis/refactoring is on, Photran occasionally has to re-analyze the
> contents of the editor so that content assist, the Fortran Declaration
> view, etc. will have more-or-less up-to-date information. For small
> files, this probably isn't noticeable. If the file in the editor is
> large (say, more than a few hundred lines), though, you'll probably
> notice a delay.
> 
> Jeff
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