[TxMt] Re: Help funding my TextMate 2 code sprint

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-03-26 13:53, Meryn Stol wrote:
>
>     Bundles will execute some kind of script. Which will create a new
>     process. Autocompletion syntax highlighting and similar features
>     need to be very, very fast. I don't want to wait a whole second for
>     for an autocompletion list to show up.
>
>
> I think delegating syntax highlighting up to simple bundle commands
> seems a bit far-fetched. I don't know if it's  even possible to update
> text with new colors.

What's why I'm talking about plugins and not bundles. This would allow 
TextMate to basically call functions in libclang (and similar) directly.

> As for auto-completions:
> For me, getting php function suggestions (alt-esc) works absolutely
> instantly, while it uses a plain Ruby script. Do you notice any lag?

No, but it will perform a very basic completion result. libclang does 
semantic analyzing to give a very correct completion result, based on 
the actual types.

> Given the instantaneous results I get, I don't think starting the ruby
> interpreter can be the source of slow-downs. Without knowing any more,
> I'd put the blame at first on a slow hard drive. I have an SSD.

When lexing (used for syntax highlighting), every instructs count.

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/Jacob Carlborg