I'm currently implementing a sample UI for neovim(http://neovim.org/), and decided to use Tkinter/python due to the popularity/simplicity of the platforms. The problem I'm having is that tkinter seems to "stack" UI updates when the window height crosses a certain threshold.
Here is a video that shows the problem: http://youtu.be/sgE2C9lLqQQ The right window is a terminal emulator running neovim, and the left window is the Tkinter UI program connected to neovim. The idea is that the tkinter UI should mirror neovim terminal screen, including dimensions. Notice that in this video I don't take focus away from the terminal window, so the only events Tk has to process come from the connection to neovim(virtual <<nvim>> events which describe screen updates) The first part of the video shows that everything works nicely when the window height is small, but starts to lag updates when I increase the height. I think what I'm trying to implement is close to a terminal emulator(must handle large bursts of text updates efficiently) but I'm very inexperienced in GUI programming. Is Tkinter a wise choice for this task? If yes, then what am I doing wrong?( The code for the Tkinter program is here: http://pastebin.com/0c8cjsmR and my OS is ubuntu 12.04(running as a VM under windows 7) Thanks in advance Thiago. _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
