Thank you, Hubert! This is the key I needed to find. I have in fact seen the thread you linked, and because I didn't understand it (it didn't affect the frequency of TIddlyWeb messages/saves, which was my focus at the time), I kind of set it aside. I have my main wiki's $:/config/Drafts/TypingTimeout set to four seconds, but I missed how it worked with state tiddlers.
I've tried it on tiddlywiki.com, and it did make a difference. So even if I have other speed issues to deal with, at least this mystery is solved. It was driving me bonkers that I couldn't see why a draft tiddler was smooth and an arbitrary edit-text widget was not (on my hardware and software). Such a relief. Thanks again Hubert (and Jeremy) for already having worked on this, and for the excellent answer above. If I had searched properly in this group, I would have seen your title, nearly identical to mine. Best wishes, Chris On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 5:36:04 AM UTC-4 Hubert wrote: > Hi Clutterstack, > > Try addding this field to your state tiddler: *throttle.refresh* > > I'm using TW quite heavily on mobile (in addition to desktop) and after > raising issues regarding typing performance on mobile > <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/IqdgBUkrgbA/m/4RNWLf7GCgAJ> Jeremy > was kind to add a throttle.refresh > <https://tiddlywiki.com/static/RefreshThrottling.html> setting (code > <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/6089c4de2921df0f76f605f1830fb2c04548f73c>), > > starting with TiddlyWiki version 5.1.22 (if I remember correctly). > > The way it works for me (as in, issue solved permanently) is that my > edit-text widgets use "$:/typing" as the target tiddler to type into. That > tiddler has the field "throttle.refresh" with the value "$:/typing". > Performance is comparable to the one you get when typing in edit mode. > > One thing to remember is that although you can now experience lag-free > typing, your changes won't be committed until the wiki can actually > refresh. So, I'm wrapping my edit-text widgets in a keyboard widget that > listens for the enter key. When I'm done typing and hit enter, then an > action widget populates the value taken from the "$:/typing" tiddler into a > tiddler of choice and the $:/typing tiddler itself is cleared. > > It's smooth and easy but you lose the possibility of searching with live > updating. It all depends on what is more important to you. I personally aim > for peak performance, whether desktop or mobile and this solution provides > that. > > Hope this helps. Please let me know if you need any help with this or any > example code, etc. > > Cheers, > -Hubert > > > On Friday, 2 April 2021 at 03:16:20 UTC+1 clutterstack wrote: > >> >> Thanks, Mark. No, I used a separate state tiddler. It works fine, it's >> just a bit hard to type. I've typed a huge amount into laggy widgets over >> the past year; I just thought it was my fault and that I'd fix my plugins >> eventually. Now I'm not sure I can fix them without getting "closer to the >> metal." >> On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 9:54:17 PM UTC-4 Mark S. wrote: >> >>> Are you trying to edit text or fields in the SAME tiddler that your edit >>> widget is in? Because that will cause problems. You have to edit the >>> contents of some other tiddler. >>> >>> On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 5:53:32 PM UTC-7 clutterstack wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've been trying all sorts of things to make typing in my personal >>>> plugins less laggy, and I've realised that all I have to do to make typing >>>> laggy is to do it within an edit-text widget in view mode, no plugin >>>> required. I can get down to 5fps typing in an edit-text widget in a new >>>> tiddler on tiddlywiki.com (it's almost 10x as fast in the normal >>>> tiddler editor). >>>> >>>> Has anyone else noticed this? Is this a well-known thing? I haven't >>>> found a lot of clues but my google-fu may be weak today. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Chris >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/d3101015-604d-46bf-bc57-a50d5fe3181an%40googlegroups.com.
