Most likely the time it takes to layout the text for display - 'typesetting' (the process that converts a styled string into a list of glyphs and positions) is a very complicated and time consuming process.
Mark. Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Aug 2016, at 17:33, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote: >> >> LiveCode doesn't use what is generally referred to as 'garbage collection' >> as it generally frees 'things' up as soon as they are no longer referenced. > > > In that case, what are the several second pauses in the IDE, particularly > the editor (versions 5 & 7, maybe others) > > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode