Re: SQL editor too slow on remote X

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Claudio Freire <klaussfreire(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I know this is not a common use case, and you probably don't want to
> support it. But I'll open up the e-mail pointing out that I've seen
> this exact behavior with local X displays, when they're running slow,
> so it would be nice to fix it.
>
> Something on the new SQL editing panel with syntax highlighting is
> making it skip key input when it is slow to update. I've noticed it
> particularly true on remote X displays (ssh -X -C), which would
> indicate it involves communication with the X server.
>
> I would propose a quick way to patch it up, is to delay syntax
> highlight processing when input is happening, and only do it when,
> say, a timeout without input occurs.
>
> I might be able to work out a patch if given a pointer (where to look
> at in the code).

The highlighting is handled by wxWidgets, so this would almost
certainly need to be patched there.

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