[OS X TeX] TeXShop 3.38: Delay in switching to editor window

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 3, 2014, at 12:36 PM, James Crippen <jcrippen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am reliably experiencing delays in switching to the editor window in
> the latest TeXShop. The delays are 2 to 3 seconds long. The focus
> shifts off of whatever other window I was on and the editor window
> comes forward, but it does not highlight until the delay is complete.
> The cursor also does not appear, and I don’t see any text I type until
> the delay is over. The system may switch spaces back to the window if
> I’ve switched spaces during the delay.
> 
> There is also a shorter delay associated with the preview window. I
> don’t experience any delay in the console.
> 
> I don’t know if this happened in the earlier versions since I upgraded
> directly from 3.36.2 to 3.38.
> 
> I can run a spindump and other diagnostics if so desired, but I’m not
> set up to compile sources from scratch.
> 
> Thanks,
> James

Howdy,

I'm certainly not seeing that behavior here; typing Cmd-1 does an immediate switch between Source and Preview and I can immediately type in the Source window. Are you talking about some other windows? Do you have something running in the background that is intercepting keystrokes? Are you getting a beachball? How is you Disk space and/or RAM space? Does it happen even just after booting up?

PS: There are no released intermediate versions between 3.36.2 and 3.38.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)