I found that if we use time.sleep() in plugin this leads to editor stop responding. How to implement delay functionality without affecting sublime workflow?
Is there alternative for time.sleep() method to delay some functionality
I guess you can use the sublime.set_timeout or sublime.set_timeout_async depending on your needs. Both functions are thread safe and doesn’t block the main UI. My guess is time.sleep() is a blocking call that interferes with the main thread, hence the editor stops responding.
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bschaaf
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You’re correct. time.sleep() suspends the current thread for a certain amount of time, if done within a synchronous callback this will also suspend the main application.
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The function just takes a callback function & a delay, which indicates the time after which the callback must be executed. You can find the API reference here :- https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/api_reference.html#sublime
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aidlml
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I was unable to use set_timeout_async(callback, delay)
I wasn’t adding delay to function like time.sleep() does.
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Can you please tell what are you trying to accomplish with set_timeout_async and what have you tried on your end ? time.sleep() will halt the code execution for the specified time. The closest to something similar to time.sleep() in the API are the 2 methods referred above.
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