I´m not sure if you are writing your own list of known symbols or if you are reusing a list of known symbols that DrRacket is using for something else.
Gustavo On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 9:25 AM Dexter Lagan <[email protected]> wrote: > If that can help, I narrowed down the delay to new files only, after > typing a known symbol only. When opening an existing file, no matter what I > type in, no delay. If I start a fresh DrRacket, I can type anything in the > definitions window with no delay. The delay only happens if I type a known > function name, for example ‘define’. If I type ‘defind’, there’s no delay. > The delay also appears in Scheme mode, and with background expansion > disabled. No delay in Text mode, which makes sense. > > > > I’m currently looking at the definitions-text from unit.rkt, to see > where’s the hook that detects symbols. I have the day off, and I’m enjoying > this very much. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dex > > > > *From:* Robby Findler <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 5, 2020 6:18 PM > *To:* Gustavo Massaccesi <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Dexter Lagan <[email protected]>; Matthew Flatt < > [email protected]>; Racket Users <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [racket-users] Questions about working on DrRacket and gui > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 10:36 AM Gustavo Massaccesi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I try to encourage people to participate, but be careful because this task > is probably too big for a first contribution. GUI is difficult, DrRacket > has a lot of moving parts, and opening DrRacket inside DrRacket is possible > but weird. > > > > > > +1 > > > > I think the guess of Matthew is correct, it´s a problem with the blue > arrow with the docs. There is no pause while you type numbers but when you > type a letter or +-*/... there is a pause of 1 or 2 seconds. > > > > I didn't see the code but my guess is that the docs are loaded lazily in a > thread and when DrRackets see something like an identifier it waits until > the thread is ready. It would be nice if the blue arrow is disabled until > the docs are completely loaded lazily. I think Robby can tell if I'm > correct and how hard is to fix this. > > > > > > Definitely sounds like an extremely actionable hypothesis to investigate > and, if it turns out to be correct, I guess it should be a simple matter of > programming to do what you're suggesting. > > > > Robby > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAPaha9PF-YBGF3zfOPiVawzN7HLRYihO3t8VL50vdog141ZfAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
