[PyQt] Is QScintilla slower/more buggy than its wxPython counterpart?

[Phil Thompson]

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:56:56 +0200, Pierre Raybaut <contact at pythonxy.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Following a bug report on Spyder (PKA Pydee, the Scientific PYthon 
> Development EnviRonment), I've just wrote a simple test with PyQt4 and 
> QScintilla:
> http://spyderlib.googlecode.com/files/qscitest.py
> 
> This simple test shows two things (maybe bugs?):
> 1. QScintilla widget is very slow when writing long lines (it gets 
> better when wrapping is turned on, but it's still far slower than its 
> wxPython counterpart)
> 2. when a long line is written, horizontal scroll does not allow to see 
> the end of the line... that is quite disappointing.
> 
> So my questions are:
> a. Are these issues known bugs?

I'll take a look.

> b. Is there a way to improve performance without switching to
QTextEdit...?

If QTextEdit is all you need then you should use it.

Phil