[issue5219] IDLE: slowness, pauses enter long strings

Daniel Diniz added the comment: I think this is a duplicate of issue 1529353. -- nosy: +ajaksu2, gpolo priority: -> normal status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue5219] IDLE: slowness, pauses enter long strings

John DeLuca added the comment: (pyJohn)... additional information since this is a performance issue: Lenovo s10; Win XP; 1GB; Intel Atom 1.66 Mhz ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue5219] IDLE: slowness, pauses enter long strings

New submission from John DeLuca : In Interpreted Mode, when enter long strings, such as ofile.write (" this is a long string...") or print ("this is a long string..."), the keyboard entry is delayed - sometimes for 20+ seconds. If one completes the string (typing blindly as not text is visible