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**Bogdan1** · June 29, 2022, 3:23pm

Steps to reproduce"

Configure file “Dictionary.sublime-settings”:
"hover_mode": true
Check, that hover mode is works, by hover mouse cursor over the word.
Add “api.dictionaryapi.dev” to DNS-block-list.
Internet still work, but DNS-queries with specified domains are blocked (I use Unbound as a local system ad blocker by DNS).
Reset the dns-cache in the system, where Sublime-Text is started (In my system the only DNS-cache - is Unbound daemon, so I just restart it).
Reset DNS-cache of all proxy-servers between the Sublime-Text and the internet (I use Privoxy daemon as a proxy-server to control internet flows of programs. So, I just restart it).
Check, that Sublime-Text is freezeed when mouse hold position over the word.

**jfcherng** · June 29, 2022, 2:32pm

Freeze as per plugin’s request to wait for server’s response so the only way to fix this is on the plugin side.

futureprogrammer360/Dictionary/blob/e75c3db75db166b667ebfc7aade8cd00e082cbbf/dictionary.py#L23-L26


url = "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/%s/%s" % (language, text)
try:
    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as f:
        response = f.read().decode("utf-8")

Such as, run show_popup in another thread so it freeze that thread. The easiest way to “half” fix this is run it via sublime.set_timeout() which will stuck the only async thread other plugin may use.

github.com

futureprogrammer360/Dictionary/blob/e75c3db75db166b667ebfc7aade8cd00e082cbbf/dictionary.py#L149


class DictionaryEventListener(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
    def on_hover(self, view, point, hover_zone):
        settings = sublime.load_settings("Dictionary.sublime-settings")
        if not settings.get("hover_mode", False):
            return


        word = view.substr(view.word(point))
        if not word:
            return


        Dictionary.show_popup(view, word, location=point)




class DictionaryToggleHoverMode(sublime_plugin.ApplicationCommand):
    def run(self):
        settings = sublime.load_settings("Dictionary.sublime-settings")
        current = settings.get("hover_mode", False)
        settings.set("hover_mode", not current)
        sublime.save_settings("Dictionary.sublime-settings")
        sublime.status_message("Dictionary Hover Mode is %s" % ("on" if not current else "off"))

[Bug] plugin=Dictionary. Freeze the Sublime-Text if "show_definitions"=true and "api.dictionaryapi.dev"=blocked