# Eclipse issues with Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 21, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614 "2008-03-21T22:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/1 "2008-03-21T22:02:08Z")
Not directly related I know, but maybe some of you have had this same issue. I’m working on a controller that’s getting a little big. Not huge, but somewhat. Now, for no apparent reason Eclipse is pausing when I’m inserting and deleting text. It’s incredibly annoying. I have a beefy dev machine and I have no idea what it’s doing - I’ve tried turning off a lot of the intellisense stuff, which doesn’t work that well anyway, but it’s had no effect. Anyone else had this problem and solved it? Running Vista and the Eclipse 3.3.0 and RDT 0.9.3.6479. ---
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/2 "2008-03-21T22:09:46Z")
On 3/21/08, Backov [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m working on a controller that’s getting a little big. Not huge, but > somewhat. Now, for no apparent reason Eclipse is pausing when I’m > inserting and deleting text. It’s incredibly annoying. I have a beefy > dev machine and I have no idea what it’s doing - I’ve tried turning > off a lot of the intellisense stuff, which doesn’t work that well > anyway, but it’s had no effect. > > Anyone else had this problem and solved it? Running Vista and the > Eclipse 3.3.0 and RDT 0.9.3.6479. Java = slow Vista = slow Java + Vista = slow \*\* 2 I’d try an alternate OS. Failing that, they do make vim for windoze. – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/3 "2008-03-21T22:20:57Z")
Thanks for the troll. Anyone actually have some helpful advice? ---
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/4 "2008-03-21T22:39:48Z")
On 3/21/08, Backov [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks for the troll. I wasn’t trolling. I only pointed out how you’ve placed two known-to-be-slow pieces of software on your “beefy dev machine” that obviously isn’t up to the task… So I suggested a much lighter-weight alternate _editor_, vim. What “features” does Vista have that are so conducive to Rails development anyway? What’s so hard about actually learning the API and ditching the IDE altogether? > Anyone actually have some helpful advice? Yeah, ask your off-topic questions somewhere else, and stop top-posting. – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/5 "2008-03-22T21:39:51Z")
I found the same problem. It seems to pause whenever my cursor is inside square braces, or at least it’s more noticeable. I attributed it to one of the releases of RadRails. I think that after I upgraded to the latest version that stopped, at least I haven’t noticed it as much. Mick ---
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/6 "2008-03-22T20:14:52Z")
Go back under your bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Backov](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Backov)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-issues-with-ruby/132614/7 "2008-03-25T02:25:51Z")
Backov wrote: > I’m working on a controller that’s getting a little big. Not huge, but > somewhat. Now, for no apparent reason Eclipse is pausing when I’m > inserting and deleting text. It’s incredibly annoying. I have a beefy > dev machine and I have no idea what it’s doing - I’ve tried turning > off a lot of the intellisense stuff, which doesn’t work that well > anyway, but it’s had no effect. I’ve seen similar things from Eclipse with perl. I believe it’s due to Eclipse checking the code for syntax errors which it does every time you pause your typing for some amount of time. I think the delay is configurable. Anyway, not knowing much of anything about the Eclipse ruby plugin, I would bet that Eclipse detects syntax errors by continually executing “ruby yourCode.rb” and parsing the results into the IDE. That takes considerable effort for your computer and, as your file gets bigger, will just take longer and longer until the freeze is not only noticeable, but annoying as hell. My recommendation: NetBeans 6. Not to start an editor war (especially since I like emacs better than vi), but I’m an Eclipse user at work (Java stuff) and I use NetBeans when I’m editing Ruby at home. It’s just a much much better Ruby editor, in my opinion. And yes, I’ve tried Aptana, too. I’m working in Linux, but I imagine the experience would be similar in Windows. - Aaron