v2.3, 2.4, and 2.5's GUI is slow for me

[g4rlik]

No one can help?  This is seriously bugging me to no end.

g4rlik wrote:
> 
> I've been asking all over the place, namely different forums.  I even
> e-mailed help at python.org about my problem, but they couldn't assist me too
> much.
> 
> My problem is..the GUI for versions 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 of Python run very
> sluggishly.  When I type in them or move them around my desktop, it's very
> slow.  I have figured out that this is because of the subprocesses
> running.  
> 
> To cope with this problem, I created an idle.txt file, and added this to
> the first line of it:
> 
> c:\python25\python c:\python25\Lib\idlelib\idle.py -n
> 
> After that I saved the extension to .bat and now when I run that file, the
> Python GUI opens without any subprocesses running and I have no problem. 
> However, I'd still really like to know how I could fix this problem even
> more.  I honestly don't understand why the GUI is so sluggish for me.  The
> GUIs for Python version 2.2 and below run fine for me.  My system specs
> are as follows:
> 
> Windows XP Home Edition
> AMD Athlon XP 2800
> nVidia 6800GT
> 1 gig of RAM
> 
> If anyone else could help, that would be great.
> 
> 
> ***EDIT***
> 
> When starting up Python's v2.5 GUI, I noticed this message.
> 
> "Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE
>     makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback
>     interface.  This connection is not visible on any external
>     interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet."
> 
> Maybe a firewall is interfering somehow?  I'm behind a hardware firewall
> with my Linksys router.
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/v2.3%2C-2.4%2C-and-2.5%27s-GUI-is-slow-for-me-tf2735011.html#a7631564
Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com.