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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Dec 20 2006 : 06:24:56 AM
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I've just installed 1543 and I find that the keyboard-macro-slow-down problem is now even more pronounced.
A quick test with my stopwatch showed that it took 10 seconds to type 12 characters (I chose "012345678901") when in keyboard-record-macro mode (Ctrl-Shift-R) with VAX enabled. The CPU is stuck at 100% while it is doing this.
Disable VAX and the keyboard responds as normal.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Dec 20 2006 : 4:27:19 PM
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which IDE are you using? Which version of VA were you using before 1543?
I have just tried VS2003 with both VA 1541 and VA 1543, and via the tools menu I told the IDE to record a temporary macro, and on a blank line I typed:
// 1234567890
followed by a new line. this was slow with both versions of VA, but I am not seeing any serious CPU spikes. |
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2006 : 5:05:56 PM
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Sorry. I am (still) on VS 2005 and I was using a custom build that Sean made for me while we were testing out a fix for something else. It called itself 1540 but I'm not sure if that was an "official" 1540.
Performance has always been bad with record-and-playback but it's now become very bad. How long did your stake to type?
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18952 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 12:57:01 PM
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using VS2005 and VA 1543 it took maybe 3 to 5 seconds to type the comment while recording the macro, which is a slightly slow typing speed.
I then stopped that macro and recorded the same macro a second time, again as a temporary macro and I was able to type at normal speed. I am not seeing any major CPU usage here on record, and certainly nothing that I would describe as a major speed problem.
Do you have any other plugin's installed?
What language are you working in?
Does typing in a comment make any difference? It bypasses issues with the IDE getting excited about parsing the code and making suggestions. |
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 1:05:22 PM
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Typing speed is at the "slow but bearable" level at the moment, just as you have. (I just had a crash from the the IDE so had to restart it.)
I use both C# and C++ and see this behaviour, so I presume that the language doesn't matter.
I didn't try typing a comment. I will try it next time that it happens.
I get the feeling that things start to slow down after the IDE has been up for a few days. Do you remember that old "vague feeling" that I and some others have mentioned about having the IDE running for days at a time? This vague feeling is still there; it isn't very happy to be left running but I've stopped bugging you about it :)
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18952 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 08:13:30 AM
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I am seeing some mixed results here recording a temporary macro. Just typing a single line was not showing any problems, but if I record a macro and type the block of text:
1234567890
1234567890
1234567890
once I get onto the second and third lines the CPU starts hitting 100% every time I type a letter. If I disable VA and record the same macro I am not getting any CPU usage spikes. It is odd that moving onto the second and third lines would be an issue.
The simplest fix would be
case=724
which says to disable VA when recording a macro. This makes sense, since VA is designed to be interactive, which is not going to work so well when recording and playing back a keyboard macro.
As for the general slowdown of the IDE, I do know what you are talking about. At my last job I had to reboot my machine once a week, or more often, since everything would slow to a crawl. This was most noticeable in the IDE but it effected other programs as well. Personally I blamed it on hibernating the machine, but I never was able to pin down the exact cause *sigh*
It *might* be a problem with VA, certainly VA does have some bugs if you know where to look  but I never found any evidence to suggest it was a VA problem. |
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 08:17:30 AM
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OK, thanks. I'm happy to turn off VAX for macro recording/playback. Especially now that damned-elusive Data menu has gone away and there is no hot-key clash :)
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support
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - May 12 2011 : 12:37:44 AM
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| case=724 is fixed in build 1848 |
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1543: Very slow keyboard macro record
