Re: XCode editor intolerably slow
Re: XCode editor intolerably slow
- Subject: Re: XCode editor intolerably slow
- From: James Bucanek <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:06:14 -0700
Marshall Clow wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2005:
>At 2:16 PM +0200 7/30/05, Andreas Grosam wrote:
>>Switching syntax coloring on and off, takes minutes.
>>90% NSLayoutManger/NSATSTypeSetter; from that 30% in LLCLayoutText.
>>After i turned syntax coloring off, XCode was pretty unresponsive
>>when trying to scroll the text, editing or selecting text (a delay
>>of 3 ..15 seconds).
>>(Note, in CW switching syntax coloring happens almost instantly)
>
>Also note that syntax coloring in Codewarrior has separate colors for:
> Comments, strings, keywords, classes, functions, templates,
>constants, globals, typedefs, enumerations, macros, and, of course,
>"Other".
>
>Plus 4 separate "user defined" sets of words, each with their own color.
>
>Xcode gives you a _much_ smaller list (and shows the lack of
>integration with the compiler):
> Comments, documentation comments, documentation comments
>keywords, strings, characters, numbers, keywords, and "preprocessor".
I think this is a classic example of where more isn't better.
I never used all of those colors in CW. In fact I usually end up simplifying the coloring in CW, Xcode, and Script Editor by setting most of the colors to the same thing.
Basically, the only coloration that really helps me are
Comments
Strings (I like to know where they start and end)
When editing XML, HTML, etc. I like to see the difference between content and tags.
Beyond that, attempts to turn my code in a psychedelic light show is just distracting.
I suppose having _one_ user-defined list of keywords might help someone, but I've never met that person. Wait, isn't it possible to define your own syntax coloring scheme? Or am I thinking of BBEdit or maybe MPW?
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James Bucanek <mailto:email@hidden>
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