From: Matt <mgregory22@...>
Date: 2009-05-03T04:40:04+09:00
Subject: Ruby/Tk running very slowly

Ruby/Tk runs very slowly and I can't figure out why.  It's so slow
that I can every little widget being drawn.  It didn't used to be like
this, but I messed around with my computer and broke something, I
guess.

My OS is Windows XP.  I'm using Ruby 1.9.1-p0 with ActiveTcl 8.5.7.

I compiled Ruby myself and I've been experimenting with various
options to the configure batch file.

This whole problem started with Ruby/Tk hanging.  I would try to run a
Ruby/Tk program and it would hang so badly that I would have to kill
the process.  This hang would happen at the "require 'tk'" line in the
program, so no windows were being drawn or anything.  I think it broke
when I was messing around with Tcl/Tk versions 8.4 and 8.5, switching
between them.  It used to work, but I can't remember which version was
the working one.

Right now I have both Tk 8.4 and 8.5 installed.  I used the --with-
tclConfig-file configure option to point it at the 8.5 version.  I
think that works, I don't know.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!