PyScripter freezes intermittently when accessing a drive which is network mapped.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Map a drive (FTP, SSH, WebDAV, etc..) in Windows
2. Open a python file on this drive using PyScripter
3. Scroll through and make a few changes to this file.  Observe how PyScripter 
freezes occasionally making this tool unusable over network drives.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by steve.r....@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2011 at 7:58

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I teach classes using PyScripter in labs that have mapped network drives, and 
have been complaining to our tech staff for months about their network that 
keeps stalling!  Oops!  (Windows domain controller, centrally stored home 
directories)

So if I can register multiple votes on behalf of the students, we'd all like to 
see this issue addressed!

However, I did a bit of investigation. I deliberately mapped a drive over a 
slowish ADSL connection.  Startup times of scripts are very slow when they're 
mapped on a slow connection: there are at least two factors.  Firstly, files 
are saved before one runs the script (and that is configurable, of course.)  
But a much bigger impact is that the current directory is searched first for 
all imports, even though the Python installation is on the local machine.  
Simple print statments at the very top of my script, and then again directly 
after imports, show multi-second lags while Python searches my remote drives 
for standard imports like sys, math and turtle. 

I wonder also if there is an auto-backup timer feature in the editor that 
accesses the remote drive behind my back.

Does Python have anything like the C import convention where #include <stdio.h> 
doesn't search the same places as #include "abc.h"    Forcing all import 
searches through the current directory seems to be one of the culprits here.

Original comment by cspwc...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2011 at 8:45

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I experience the same intermittent lag noted here. The interface simply stalls 
generally during file editing.

Original comment by hanni....@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2011 at 9:57

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Issue 97 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by pyscripter on 1 Jun 2011 at 6:37

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Issue 343 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by pyscripter on 1 Jun 2011 at 6:38

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The delays are most likely due to File Change Notifications.

I have now implemented an IDE option "File Change Notification" with 3 options
Full
NoMappedDrives (now the default)
Disabled

Could you please test whether NoMappedDrives or Disabled makes a difference.  
If anybody wants to test it before the next release please email me at 
pyscripter.googlecode.com.

Original comment by pyscripter on 1 Jun 2011 at 6:41

• Changed state: Fixed

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Thanks for this, I will check it out in the next release.

I spotted that the Delphi compiler finally seems to be on the horizon for
64-bit, have you been able to try out the beta compiler with PyScripter, and
does it work?

Thanks again for all your hard work,

Hanni

Original comment by hanni....@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2011 at 9:10

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I am not in the beta program but I will get the new compiler as soon as it gets 
released.

Original comment by pyscripter on 2 Jun 2011 at 2:40

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Could you please email me at pyscripter@gmail.com.  I cannot see your email 
above.

Original comment by pyscripter on 3 Jun 2011 at 10:58

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You can download an early preview of 2.4.4 for testing purposes at

http://code.google.com/p/pyscripter/downloads/detail?name=PyScripter.zip

Original comment by pyscripter on 5 Jun 2011 at 11:18

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I tried your early preview from 2.4.2 and the mapping Option seems to work.
(File was on a mapped Samba share. )
There is no additional File Changes Notification 
(Bug 343 described this)

Thanks.

Original comment by gj12345...@googlemail.com on 6 Jun 2011 at 12:24