From kwrite-devel Mon May 23 10:10:07 2011 From: Carlo Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 10:10:07 +0000 To: kwrite-devel Subject: Re: kate 4.6 is so slow I'm going to have to switch to a different Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kwrite-devel&m=130614546325565 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Steven LeCompte wrote: > Hi, > I've been using kate for years as my primary code editor for php, css, html, > javascript, bash, etc. > Ever since 4.6 was released, kate has become unbearably slow.  For example, > when I type some code on a new line, it can take kate's buffer anywhere from > 1-5 seconds to "catch up" with my typing and actually display what I've > typed. > I know this isn't unique to one machine, since I use kate on 2 different > hosts (one running a kate 4.6 on fresh install of Kubuntu 11.04 and the > other running Ubuntu 10.1).  Based on various blogs I've read, it looks like > a lot of other folks are frustrated with kate's sluggish performance as > well. > > I haven't bothered submitting a bug since your bugs database already has a > few submissions regarding this problem. > When are you planning to address this?  Two of my colleagues at work have > already abandoned kate because of it's abysmal responsiveness and I'm close > to doing the same; but I'd rather not.  Performance issues aside, kate is > the best code editor I've ever used and I really want to keep using it.  But > at this point, kate's sluggishness has interrupted my workflow so severely > that I'll be forced to abandon kate if these performance issues aren't > addressed soon. > > Please tell me that there's a light at the end of the tunnel here! > > -- > Thanks, > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > KWrite-Devel mailing list > KWrite-Devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kwrite-devel > > I had this problem with kdevelop too, there are no cpu spike or anything, it just freezes for a few seconds, I don't know if the problem is with the auto completion, but I don't have this issue anymore since I disabled it _______________________________________________ KWrite-Devel mailing list KWrite-Devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kwrite-devel