Slow app activation (when scripting window(s) open?)

[MBurvill]

Hi; I've been noticing that RF3 is slow to activate when switching between apps using cmd+tab.

I suspect it has something to do with the python scripting window for the following reasons:
1: when I have a single font open, it switches fast. I have tested with 3 ufos open each with full latin character sets and it still switches fast
2: it slows down, but bearably, if I have a single scripting window open
3: it slows down to an unbearable amount if I open more scripting windows, the more I open, the worse it is

BUT the problem persists if I close the scripting windows.
Relaunching the app puts me back to square one.

At this point confirmation that it's not only me would be good; beyond that it would be great if this could be fixed or I could be advised if there's a setting I should be using to bring back the speed I am used to in RF1.

Thanks!
Mojave 10.14.3
RoboFont 3.1

[frederik]

very strange indeed...

I cannot reproduce this on 10.13, will try on a 10.14 later on today.

[MBurvill]

@frederik I have just tested 3.2 and I get the same result. This video makes it clear:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ybf2QQsLWk9cEckABTUlPWJTxwWbqBzr
You see how the first few times I switch app it is immediate, but get's progressively slower the more scripting windows I add.

There's nothing in the robofont python output, but in the OS console I seem to get something like this everytime I switch.

27366555: RECEIVED OUT-OF-SEQUENCE NOTIFICATION: 0 vs 190, 513, <private>

I do not know enough to tell you if this is relevant or not :) but it is the RoboFont process and the number 190 changes each time but the other numbers stay.

Thanks for looking into it!

[frederik]

could you already update to RoboFont 3.2? and see if the problem persists?

are there tracebacks or console logs?

see https://robofont.com/documentation/how-tos/submitting-bug-reports/

thanks